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[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

Date: Mon, 04 Nov 96 20:37:33 -0500
From: stayton () ibm net
Subject: Lawyers eager for millennium cases


  Lawyers eager for millennium cases: The year 2000 glitch that 
  may trip up computer calendars could bring a slew of lawsuits,
    by Christian Plumb, Bloomberg Business News,
    *News & Observer*, Raleigh, NC, Sunday, 3 Nov 1996, page 5F


  "It's just a gold mine", "It's like a law-school case of tort issues".
  Charles R. Merrill, of McCarter & English, Newark, NJ.


Perhaps IT managers will take better notice of the year 2000 problem --
if lawyers start getting on their case.


  [The thought of lots of these little cases filled with 
  surprises suggests tortellini, he said, saucily.  PGN]