IP: Re California Approves Digital John Hancock

[David Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

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> Date: Sat, 18 Sep 1999 13:40:44 -0700
> To: farber () cis upenn edu
> From: John Muller <johnmuller () earthlink net>
> Subject: Re: IP: California Approves Digital John Hancock
>
> Professor Farber:  As a Californian, I feel it is only fair to correct a
> misstatement in the article and point out that California is by no means
> the first state to give electronic signatures legal validity. Eight states
> have previously done so for all electronic signatures, and many more states
> have done so for electronic signatures with specified authentication
> attributes.  The best source for a complete list is the McBride Baker &
> Coles law firm's Web site at http://www.mbc.com/ecommerce/.
>
> California is the first state to adopt the Uniform Electronic Transactions
> Act, which it is hoped will reasonably soon be adopted by all or almost all
> of the states and therefore create a level of uniformity desirable for
> online commerce.  For those who want to pursue this further, the text of
> the California statute is at
> http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0801-0850/sb_820_bill_19990916_cha
> ptered.html.
>
> John Muller
> johnmuller () earthlink net
> jmuller () brobeck com
> "The ladder of law has no top and no bottom"