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Puget Sound Chapter of ARMA - Feburary 7th Program



 

February 2001 Meeting


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

More on the Program 


”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).