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November 25, 2002

•New Uniform Parentage Act Now Available

August 23, 2002

•New Drafting and Study Committees To Be Appointed

August 5, 2002

•New Uniform Securities Act Approved

August 5, 2002

•Revisions to Key Articles of Uniform Commercial Code Completed

August 5, 2002

•Amendments to UCITA Approved

August 5, 2002

•New Act on Tort Responsibility Completed

August 5, 2002

•New Foreclosure Statute Completed

August 5, 2002

•New Act on Child Witnesses Completed

July 23 , 2002

•Uniform Law Group to Meet in Tucson

May 21, 2002

•Kansas First State to Enact Uniform Trust Code

May 1, 2002

•AARP Endorses Uniform Trust Code

April 2, 2002

•Washington Becomes First State to Adopt Important Changes to State Child Support Law

April 2, 2002

•Uniform State Law Better Serves Needs of Victims of Domestic Violence

February 28, 2002

•States Adopt Important Sports Agents Legislation

February 6, 2002

•ABA Approves Seven NCCUSL Acts

December 20, 2001

•Proposed Changes to UCITA

November 21, 2001

•UCITA Summit Held in DC

August 16, 2001

•Uniform Law Group Wraps Up Meeting
•New Mediation Act Approved
•Act on Leasing of Consumer Goods Approved
•Uniform Interstate Family Support Act Amended
•New Uniform Limited Partnership Act Approved

July 27, 2001

•Uniform Law Group to Meet in West Virginia

July 3, 2001

•States Uniformly Enact UCC 9 Revisions

June 15, 2001

• Report Now Available Analyzing Choice of Law Issues for states that will not have Revised UCC Article 9 in effect by July 1, 2001

February 22, 2001

• Revised Uniform Arbitration Act Receiving Widespread Support
• ABA Approves Three Uniform Acts

August 3, 2000

• New Uniform Trust Code Completed
• Uniform Law Group Wraps Up Meeting
• Uniform Parentage Act Revised
• New Uniform Act on Cyberpayments and Money Laundering
• New Legislation Will Aid Enforcement of Domestic Violence Protection Orders
• Uniform Arbitration Act Revised
• Act Regulating Relationship Between Student Athletes and Agents Approved

July 24, 2000

• New UCC Article 9 Revisions, Governing Secured Transactions, Enacted in Half the States

July 14, 2000

• Uniform Law Group to Meet in St. Augustine

June 15, 2000

• Important New Child Custody Legislation Enacted in 21st State

March 21, 2000

• Consumers and the New Uniform Electronic Transactions Act

March 15, 2000

• Virginia Leads Nation in Enacting New Legal Rules for Computer Information Transactions

February 16, 2000

• ABA Approves Two Uniform Acts: New Electronic Transactions Act Among Acts Approved

December 17, 1999

• New E-Commerce Legislation Moving Through the States

August 23, 1999

• West Virginia Attorney Heads National Law Group; NCCUSL Officers and Board Elected

August 18, 1999

• ALI and NCCUSL Announce New Drafting Committee for UCC Articles 2 and 2A

August 2, 1999

• New Uniform Act Meets Immediate Needs of the Information Age
• Uniform Act on Electronic Transactions Completed: New Act Supports the Use of Electronic Commerce
• Uniform Disclaimer of Property Interests Act Approved
• Uniform Rules of Evidence Revised

July 30, 1999

• Uniform Law Group Wraps Up Meeting

April 16, 1999

• Montana First State to Adopt Revision of UCC Article 9

April 7, 1999

• NCCUSL to Promulgate Freestanding Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act
  ALI and NCCUSL Announce that Legal Rules for Computer Information Will Not Be Part of UCC

• Uniform TOD Security Registration Act
  
• Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act
  
• UCC Article 5, Letters of Credit
  
• UCC Article 9, Secured Transactions
  
• Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act
  
• Revised Uniform Partnership Act
  
• Uniform Prudent Investor Act and Uniform Principal and Income Act
  
• Uniform Statutory Rule Against Perpetuities
  
• Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act
  

• Concerns for a State that Fails Timely to Enact Revised UCC Article 9
• The Uniform Electronic Transactions Act and Consumers
• Memo on Uniform Electronic Transactions Act and Federal Bills

• Federal Preemption and Electronic Commerce - by Patricia Brumfield Fry
• Why Enact UETA? The Role of UETA after E-Sign - by Patricia Brumfield Fry
• A Preliminary Analysis of Federal and State Electronic Commerce Laws - by Patricia Brumfield Fry