He received nothing on his claim. Topics included a discussion of proactive claims handling, recent changes in the AIA construction contract forms and issues pertaining to collateral. Sara Cook and Rick Rettberg are heading up our firm's efforts to advise clients on Year 2000 issues. Rick is working on an article dealing with product liability implications of the Year 2000 problem. Sara and Rick are legal counsel to Beyond2000, LLC , a company which provides consulting and Year 2000 remediation services.
Computers use date calculations in many applications.
The simplest example is financial institutions which use computers to calculate interest. The implications of the Year 2000 problem reach well beyond that simple example. Many products contain embedded computer chips with Year 2000 problems hard-wired into the circuitry. There are potentially hundreds of millions of embedded chips in use in products which may malfunction or cease altogether on January 1, 2000. The topic will be independent medical examinations.