II.  What PKI Does - the Killer Apps
B.  Secure Messaging 

The PKI Application of Secure Messaging uses encryption to provide the security service of confidentiality.  The sender encrypts the message with the public key of the recipient, and the recipient decrypts the message with the corresponding private key of the recipient.

April 19, 1999  - Powerpoint Slides for "Attorney/Client Secure Communications - Issues of Professional Responsibility," Speech in New York City on June 23, 1999 by Charles Merrill of McCarter & English LLP, at "What Every Attorney Needs to Know About the Internet," chaired by Leonard S. Nuara and sponsored by Practicing Lawyer Institute.Cites New York State Ethics Op. 709 (9/16/98) and Pennsylvania Ethics Op. 97-130 (unofficial 9/26/97) for the proposition that disparate State ethics results can be harmonized by applying Judge Learned Hand's reasoning from the landmark U.S. v. Carroll Towing decision in 1947.  See also ABA Ethics Opinion 99-413 (March 15, 1999, approved April 15, 1999, renumbered April 17, 1999); Proposed Model Rule 1.6 - Public Discussion Draft (Ethics 2000 Commission March 23, 1999)
 
  Spring 1998 - Purcell, Arthur <US Patent & Trademark Office, <purcell@uspto.com>, Fullton, James, MCNC Center for Networked Info and Retrieval,  and Fisher,Richard  <Cohasset Associates, rd.fisher@worldnet.att.net>, "Electronic Patent Application Filing System (EPAFS): A Demonstration Project of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office," 38 Ju http://www.law.asu.edu/jurimetrics/sub38-3.htmrimetrics 407(ABA Section of Science & Technology Spring 1998)

June 1996 - Article by Charles Merrill of McCarter & English, LLP, in New York State Bar Association Journal, "E-Mail for Attorneys from A to Z", 68 N.Y.S.B.J. No. 4 (May/June 1996)