December 1999
12/13 at V.a  The so-called "EU Electronic Signatures Directive" - Directive 1999/93/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 1999 on a Community framework for electronic signatures

November 1999
11/10 at II.c  Identrus L.L.C. approved by Federal Reserve as CA as nonbank sub of Foreign and US commercial banks. 
11/3 at VII.b  HHS Prop. Regulations Implmenting HIPAA (Health Information Portability and Accountability Act)
11/3 at VII.d.  COPPA (Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998) Full Text of FTC Adoption of Final Rule Implementing COPPA

October 1999
10/15 at V.d. AICPA/CICA WebTrust^SM Principles and Criteria for Business-to-Consumer Electronic Commerce
10/20 at VII.d.  COPPA (Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998) FTC Press Release re Adoption of Final Rule Implementing 

September 1999
9/19 at V.a. (Update of 6/22/99) Official version of the European Commission Electronic Signature Directive. Courtesy Hans Nilsson

July 1999
7/22 at IV.a. (Update of 4/22/99) Revised (6/29/99) UNCITRAL Draft Uniform Rules on Electronic Signatures. Courtesy John Gregory 
7/22 at V.a.  (Update of 6/22/99) Final Export Team Rep(7/20/99)of EESSI (European Electr.Sig.Standardiz Init. Courtesy Hans Nilsson
7/22 at VI.d. (Update of 6/28/99) PKI for electronic filing of real estate deeds in B.C. Final Version Enacted 7/15/99. Courtesy of Ron Usher
7/21 at IV.e. July 6 Comments on S.761 (Federal pre-emption of non-UETA) by John M. McCabe, NCCUSL Legal Counsel
7/21 at IV.e. Draft of Uniform Electronic Commerce Act to be considered by Unif Law Conf of Canada Aug 99. Courtesy of John Gregory
7/21 at IV.e. Comments on NCCUSL's UETA by ABA Section of Science & Technology.  Prepared  by Tom Smedinghoff of MBC
7/20 at VI.c Summary of  $45 M credit card cyberscam, Aug 99 Scientific American, exploiting weakness of authentication using secret PIN
7/13 at III.e. White paper (7/12/99) about Surety.com's Digital Notary(R) Service, "Time is of the Essence" by Merrill of McC&E
7/3 at VIII.c. Top 25 E-Commerce Websites picked by Mass Electronic Commerce Assn. Courtesy of Tom Hopcroft 
7/1 at IV.e.  Australia Electronic Transactions Bill 1999 (Intro 6/30/99) is minimalist, like UNCITRAL.  Courtesy Colin Minihan, Austr A.G.
7/1 at IV.e.  In 1995 NJ abolished the Statute of Frauds except for land and wills. Here is 1991 NJ Law Rev Comm Rept. Courtesy M Garde

June 1999
6/30 at IV.e. NJ A.3039 Intro 5/3/99.  Electronic record satisfies writing for S of  F for UCC 2-201, 2A-201. Courtesy Maureen Garde.
6/30 at IV.c. Summary of Illinois Electronic Commerce Security Act in June 99 Ill B.J. article by R.J. Robertson and Tom Smedinghoff 
6/30 at IV.e. S.761 Commerce Com 6/23/99 Markups (not in Thomas yet) pre-empting non-UETA State legis. Courtesy Dan Greenwood
6/30 at IV.c. The Illinois Electronic Commerce Security Act, drafted by Tom Smedinghoff of McBride Baker & Coles in Chicago. 
6/30 at IV.c. "Moving With Change: Electr. Signature Legis as a Vehicle for Advancing E-Commerce," Smedinghoff & Bro, MBC Spr 99
6/29 at V.a.  BS 7799 (99 Edition) British Standard,  Part 1 - 1995 - The Code of Practice, Part 2 - 1998 - The Requirements Specification.
6/28 at IV.d. Swedish Digital Signature Standards. 
6/28 at IV.d. Italian Digital Signature Law (The Bassanini Law 3/15/97), English Translation
6/28 at VI.d. PKI used for electronic filing of real estate deeds in Prov of British Columbia. Bill introduced 6/28/99. Courtesy of Ron Usher.
6/23 at VI.c. Merrill slides, "Electronic Banking - Internet Security & Fin Privacy" NJ League Bankers Compli Sem 6/24/99 Jamesburg NJ
6/22 at V.a.  Final draft (6/18/99) of EESSI (European Electronic Signature Standardization Initiative) Expert Team Report. Truly excellent!
6/20 at IV.e. UETA (Uniform Electronics Transactions Act) Approval Draft for NCCUSL Annual Meeting July 23, 1999
6/20 at VIII.b FIPS 140-1 (1994) by NIST.  Overall requirements for the design and implementation of cryptographic algorithms, modules 
6/20 at IV.e. UCITA (Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act, formerly UCC Art 2B), Approval Draft for NCCUSL Mtg 7/23/99
6/17 at VI.c. Merrill slides, "Security in Online Trading  - Digital Signatures and Encryption," American Conference Inst, NYC 6/15/99
6/17 at VI.c. NPR news clip 6/8/98 describing spoof of the e-mail identity of the dean of MIT. Courtesy of Tom Melling, Perkins Coie 
6/15 at II.f.  Merrill slides for "Security Issues in Online Trading," New York City 5/24/99, Institute for Internatl Research. Nonrepudiation.

May 1999
5/13 at VI.d.  Dept of Defense Announces 2000-2002 schedule for DOD-wide PKI, interoperable w external CAs. Thanks Dave Sweigert.
5/13 at VI.b.  Slides by Merrill, "Negotiating a Winning Electronic Commerce Outsourcing Agmt" at ICM Outsrc Conf  in Chicago, 5/19/99
5/12 at VII.c.  Speech by President Clinton (5/4/99) on Privacy of Financial Information, and identity fraud and online securities fraud
5/12 at III.c. Article (July-Aug 95) "The Square Root of NOT," by Brian Hayes, discussing quantum computing and factoring algorithms
5/12 at VII.b.Slides (5/8/99) on privacy legal issues in health care by Bob Burger, Myrna Wigod, Chas Merrill of McCarter & English
5/12 at III.c. Slides (4/15/99) by Mark Kubiec, Ph.D., (Berkeley Chemistry Dept) explaining how quantum and DNA computing work
5/12 at III.f.  Article (4/9/99) by Prof. Lawrence Lessig, "The Code is the Law" - West Coast Code (S.V.)  & East Coast Code (Congress) 
5/11 at II.b.   Re attorney ethics of unencrypted e-mail - ABA Formal Opinion No. 99-413 (3/10/99),  Draft Model Rule 1.6 (3/23/99)
5/8 at VIII.e.  10/5/98 Paper by NSA authors. Mainstream operating systems are inadequate to provide security. Thanks Rick Hornbeck 
5/5 at VII.c.  The Jan 4, 1999 ACES RFP of the U.S. General Services Admin uses PKI to authenticate both the RFP and responses
5/2 at VIII.d.  Not the Orange Book  (1992 rev 98) by Paul Merrill, summary of the Orange Book & Rainbow Series. Thanks Rick Hornbeck
5/2 at V.b.   1/4/99 Posting of Final Government of Canada Certificate Policy Matrix of 8 CPs - Signatures & Confidentiality, each 4 levels
5/2 at VII.b.  1998 Article on tension between medical privacy and legitimate access, courtesy of John Christiansen of Miller Nash in Seattle
5/1 at VI.c.    4/99 article about $3.2 million of e-Bay bids by teen using his parents' PIN, with questions about PKI nonrepudiation
5/1 at VII.d.  Law Review Article (1998) by Prof Jerry Kang of UCLA Law School, "Transaction Privacy in Cyberspace Transactions"

April 1999
4/30 at II.c.   Classic early article (Dec 1995) by Phillip Hallam-Baker of Verisign, comparing dozens of various PKI payment schemes
4/30 at IV.d.  Germany Digital Signature Law enacted June 13, 1997 - the first digital signature law enacted in Europe
4/30 at VIII.a.  mbc.com by Tom Smedinghoff of McBride Baker & Coles - Comprehensive summary and full text of global dig sig laws 
4/30 at VIII.d. pkinfo.com by David Sweigert of GTE/BBN - PKI Links emphasizing standards orgs and technical, and some legal PKI issues 
4/29 at IV.d.  March 1999 revision of European Union Draft Directive on electronic signatures (including PKI), expected to be final draft.
4/29 at V.c.   March 1999 RFC 2527, embodying the IETF PKIX4 draft of Chokhani and Ford 
4/24 at II.b.   Summary of ABA Ethics Opinion 99-413 (Mar 15, 1999, approved April 17, 1999). Ethics - Attorney/Client Secure Commun. 
4/24 at IV.d. The 5-part Govt of Canada Bill C-54 on Electronic Commerce. 1. Privacy; 2. Validates Elect Records, 3. Electronic Evid.
4/24 at V.d.  "Monogamous, Promiscuous and Polygamous Models of Electronic Commerce," Merrill art. Kluwer EDI Law Rev Sept 1995. 
4/23 at IV.e. The Millennium Digital Commerce Act, S.761 and H.R. 1320, Abraham, McCain. Pre-empts State Law for UETA! (4/5/99)
4/23 at IV.c. US OMB Proposed Elimination of the Govt Paper Work Elimination Act of 1998. (Mar 99)
4/23 at IV.c. Access with Trust, by FPKI, GITS, OMB
4/22 at IV.d. Article by Suzanne Perry (4/19/99) in Reuters, noting EU movement on both Directives - Digital Signatures and Consumer 
4/22 at IV.a. UNCITRAL Draft Uniform Rules on Electronic Signatures with Report of Working Group, 34th Session Vienna 2/25/99
4/22 at IV.d. EU Draft Directive on Digital Signatures, Mar 30, 1998 Draft, with some commentary
4/22 at IV.d. Article by Dr. Bernd Tremml summarizing the EU Directive on Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts (Spring 1997)
4/22 at V.b.  The CARAT Draft PKI Guidelines of the Internet Council of NACHA (10/27/98)
4/22 at IV.c. Analysis (Apr 1999) of State statutory provisions enacted to govern presumptions in a PKI transaction.  By McBride firm
4/22 at I.b.   Analysis (Apr 1999) of State statutory provisions enacted to govern liability of CAs.  By McBride Baker and Coles
4/22 at I.b.   CA Liability Analysis, Feb 1998 White Paper by Smedinghoff of McBride firm for American Bankers Assoc (ABAecom)
4/22 at I.b.   The Certification Practice Statement of the leading CA, Verisign, Inc., version 1.2 May 30, 1997 
4/21 at V.c.  Two new (3/29/99) drafts of Common Criteria Protection Profiles by NIST's Stoneburner: COTS & COTS Operating Systems 
4/21 at II.c.  Effross delightful and inciteful review of book by Vartanian, Ledig & Bruneau, 21st Century Money, Banking & Commerce
4/20 at IV.b. Proposed (6/23/97) Technical Standards for Electronic Filing in U.S. Courts by Judicial Conf. Courtesy of Cohasset
4/20 at II.b.  Slides of Merrill (4/19/99) PLI Speech 6/23/99 in NYC on "Atty/Client Secure Communications - Professional Responsibility"
4/20 at IV.e. NCCUSL and ALI 4/7/99 Press Release regarding Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (Former UCC 2B)
4/19 at I.a.    Slides for Speech by Sabett & Merrill 2/8/99 and 2/25/99 in Wash DC and Palo Alto on "Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)"
4/19 at IV.e. NCCUSL 3/19/99 Draft of Uniform Electronic Transactions Act with Reporter's Notes
4/19 at II.d.  Slides from Merrill Speech 11/8/98 in Chicago on "Self-Authenticating Records" at Cohasset Managing Electronic Records Conf

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