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IP: Re California Approves Digital John Hancock
From: David Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
Date: Sat, 18 Sep 1999 16:58:04 -0400
X-Sender: johnmuller () mail earthlink net 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"
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