Agreements over an electronic messaging system are written agreements, and satisfy the statute of frauds, and are not automatically superseeded. Even if you ha

Agreements over an electronic messaging system are written agreements, and satisfy the statute of frauds, and are not automatically superseeded. Even if you have a written contract that has boilerplate language saying all future modifications need to be in writing, courts have enforced verbal modifications. A contract can always be modified, what matters is if both parties agree.