2. Lawyers and Notaries Legal Issues Panel
Presentation for Advanced Training of Digital Legal Documents at the University of Houston
November 14, 2018
Houston, TX
Ozie H. Stallworth Santiago J.E. Pano
Timothy S. Reiniger

3. New Skills Required of Lawyers, Public Officials, Judges and Notaries

4. New Skills Public Officials Notaries Judges Attorneys
Functionality of eTools
New Software
Authentication Protocols
New processes & workflows
Limitations of ecosystem participants
Legal & practical alternatives
Articulate security, benefits to ecosystem

5. Lawyers Public Officials Notaries Judges Education
New tools (laptops, smartphones, hot spots
Evolving business practices
Safeguarding eSignature and eSeal, pins & passwords
Forensic Evidence
Understanding eCommerce laws
Setting precedent
eDiscovery
Equipping court rooms
Understanding relevant laws
Regulate eCommerce
Cyber labs
Educate constituents on laws, benefits & processes
Educate personnel on nuances of eProcesses
Transition from paper
Training staff
New security protocol
New marketing strategies
Orienting clients and courts
Lawyers
Public Officials
Notaries
Judges

6. Análisis de las experiencias en desarrollo en Argentina referentes al documento notarial digital, los desafíos en el corto plazo y las nuevas incumbencias

7. Nuevas Incumbencias Actas en formato digital
El Protocolo digital
Blockchain y la conservación del documento
Certificación de reproducciones Plazo de Caducidad
Certificación de Firmas. Tableta
La presencia del Requirente
Actas en formato digital
Documentación Habilitante en la Web

8. Emerging Third Party Trust Services in the Online Environment
Timothy S. Reiniger
November 14, 2018
Presentation for Advanced Training of Digital Legal Documents at the University of Houston
Houston, TX
Digital Services Group, FutureLaw LLC

9. Key Emerging Third Party Trust Services
Blockchain
Authenticity
Control
Trust Framework Providers
Identity Service Providers
Trustmarks
Registries
Online notary platform providers
Credential analysis
Identity proofing
Certification Authorities
Digital certificates
Digital Services Group, FutureLaw LLC

10. Blockchain Evidentiary advantages Enforceability challenges
Authenticity
Proof of control over records
Privacy enhancement
Enforceability challenges
Smart contracts and automation
Lack of laws and industry standards
Legislative trends
Legal equivalence to e-transactions
Evidence Code
Liability
Digital Services Group, FutureLaw LLC

11. Trust Framework Providers
Legal advantages
Voluntary participation
Legislative approval of minimum standards
Privacy concerns
Liability challenges
Legislative
Not an industry standard
Examples
Kantara
Certipath
Digital Services Group, FutureLaw LLC

12. Registries Evidentiary advantages Enforceability advantages Examples
Voluntary participation
Legislative approval of minimum standards
Privacy concerns
Enforceability advantages
Objectivity
Reciprocity
Autonomy
Examples
OIX
Land records
Digital Services Group, FutureLaw LLC

13. Online Notary Platform Providers
Evidentiary advantages
Statutory legal grounding
Recording of signing session
Enforceability challenges
Unclear liability allocation
Damages to third parties
Privacy concerns
Examples
KBA providers (Experian and LexisNexis)
Credential analysis providers
Digital Services Group, FutureLaw LLC

14. Certification Authorities
Liability Allocation
Damages to third parties
Limitation of liability
Enforceability challenges
Ease of use without owner’s knowledge
Lack of direct proof of actual user
Proof of authorized use
Examples
Identrust
VeriSign
Illinois
Digital Services Group, FutureLaw LLC

15. Summary
New legislation across the United States is creating a common legal foundation for third party trust services in the online environment
Broad array of state-level laws require deployment of agents and records custodians
Broad support by the United States Federal government for the emergence of third party trust services
Emergence of third party digital identity credential/assurance market with mobile phones
Digital Services Group, FutureLaw LLC

16. Contact Information
Timothy S. Reiniger, Director
Reiniger LLC
40 Belfield Road
Cape Elizabeth, Maine 04107
Ozie Stallworth
Director of Electronic Notarization and Notary Enforcement
N.C. Department of Secretary of State
Santiago J.E. Pano
Notary Public
Suipacha 612 2º B
Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Digital Services Group, FutureLaw LLC