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UCITA Revealed

UCITA was drafted as a revision to the UCC ' a body of law adopted in almost every U.S. state that aims to ensure consistency in rules governing contract laws. After losing the support of the American Law Institute, the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws adopted the proposed new article as a freestanding uniform act (UCITA), rather than as a new article to the UCC, and proposed the uniform law be passed in all 50 states.

13 minute read August 20, 2003 at 09:50 PM
By
Marie Flores
UCITA Revealed

UCITA (the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act) was drafted as a revision to the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) ' a body of law adopted in almost every U.S. state that aims to ensure consistency in rules governing contract laws.

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