For the insurance industry, most of the hot computer-law issues fall into one of these categories.
Precedents create a difficult issue.
Lawyers and legislators seem fixated on the novelty of computers. Computers have created significant changes, but telephones, telecopiers and other devices created changes that were equally significant. The law adjusted for these advances, and it will adjust for computers as well. Analogy is the key. Courts will analogize the functions of computers with functions in areas where the law is already resolved.