Agenda
“Electronic
Signatures”
Speaker: Bradley J. Hillis,
JD
And
SPECIAL
Vendor Program
Commercial
Record Center Show & Tell
Pacific
Records Management
Washington
Archives Management
Come and talk
with an expert in commercial record
storage
and retrieval business
Wednesday, February 7th,
2001
Note: Meeting date is moved up to
7th of February.
La Quinta Inn Tacoma, Washington
Vendor
Show & Tell:
5:30-6:30
Social/Registration:
5:30-6:30pm Dinner ($17.00): 6:30 –
7:15pm (Optional) Business Meeting: 7:15 – 7:30pm Program: 7:30 – 8:30pm
Make your reservations in several ways:
Chapter Website: http://www.pugetsoundarma.org or
Marc Hoffman: 253-272-2626;
Fax 253-627-8438
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”Electronic
Signatures”
The
federal Electronic Signatures In Global and National Commerce
Act (E-SIGN Act) became effective on October 1, 2000. The E-SIGN Act
provides that if a statute or regulation requires a written document,
the use of an electronic record satisfies the requirement, provided the
consent provisions are met. E-SIGN does not compel a federal
agency, or state or local government to accept electronic signatures or
electronic records in governmental activities, contracts it is a party
to, or filings it accepts from the general public or regulated
entities. The E-SIGN Act has great potential but does not address
security of signatures, setting a very low bar and leaving the decision
on security to the parties.
States have also adopted e-signature
laws. The most popular state e-signature law is the Uniform
Electronic Transaction Act (“UETA”), with some variations in each
state's adoption.
The electronic and digital signature laws passed
by almost all states in the past five years remain little used.
It is important in understanding e-commerce law to realize that those
states with no electronic signature law have not needed a specific
statute to engage in online transactions. This presentation will touch
on the click wrap and EDI techniques used to create legally binding
electronic signatures.
“About our Speaker”
Mr. Hillis is a nationally recognized
authority on how courts and lawyers use the Internet. He is the author
of numerous articles, including, "Considerations When Placing Court
Opinions on the Internet," "Legal Research on the Internet," and
"Internet Experiments in Electronic Court Filing." He served as a legal
analyst for the Office of the Administrator for the Courts, and as
assistant manager for contracts and legal affairs, Department of
Information Services, State of Washington. He is an expert on
privacy, digital signatures and electronic commerce issues, and writes
a monthly column for JURIST, the legal education portal, on courts and
technology. He is a member of the Washington State Bar, and holds
degrees from the University of Washington (JD, 1988, MA, 1995) and The
Colorado College (BA, 1984).
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