The Lawyer's role.

REDI Revista Electrónica de Derecho Informático - Nbr. 1, August 1998

Por Mark Grossman - Columnista del Washington's Legal Times del Florida's Daily Business Reviews. (USA)
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Summary:

As the millennium approaches, more people are starting to understand the technical implications of the year 2000 computer problem (often just referred to as simply “Y2K”). Still, few understand why acting upon legal issues is an essential part of the Y2K remediation process. While it’s true that the year 2000 problem is a programming issue, it does have tremendous legal implications. I can probably summarize this point by saying that Lloyds of London estimates that Y2K related litigation will exceed one trillion dollars.

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The Lawyer's role.

Defining the Problem

The year 2000 computer problem is simplistically defined as the problem computers have in computing dates on or after January 1, 2000. The problem arises from computers using two digits to define years. So, 98 equals 1998, 99 is 1999 and 00 is often interpreted by computers as 1900.

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