Y2K Legal Issues Headlines For Business Survival Fun Stuff Hot Links Solutions providers Legal Issues Insurance Issues A lawyers feeding frenzy? Love 'em or hate 'em . . . lawyers are becoming integral members of year 2000 management teams. And though its only 1998, a number of year 2000 lawsuits have already been filed! Headlines: Microsoft expects to be sued over year 2000 compliance. In a recent SEC filing, Microsoft has stated that it believes that it is "likely" to be sued over year 2000 computer issues. (click here for full story- Boston Globe) Intuit sued again over non-compliance of Quicken. Intuit has been has been hit with its second lawsuit over the noncompliance of its popular Quicken software. This second suit was filed in New York state court and asserts that Intuit was negligent and should have known that its Quicken software, versions 6 and 7 would still be useful in the year 2000. Versions of this software were reportedly sold as recently as October of last year. A similar second suit was reportedly brought on April 29 in California. | |
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