Are Your Emails Enforceable Contracts?

Many people consider email to be an informal form of communication. As a result, offers, counter-offers and terms of proposed agreements are frequently exchanged via email with the hope and expectation that they are for negotiation purposes only. The question is, could such email messages be deemed to be legal, valid and binding agreements that are enforceable against senders in accordance with their terms? The New York Appellate Division in the recent case of Forcelli v Gelco provides some impo...