But if economic forecasts are correct, the Web's commer-cial potential may be even more impressive. Legal disputes are already arising over the own- ership of Internet address names, the right to link Internet sites, defamatory statements made in cyberspace, and how to treat customer purchases made online. The law has not caught up yet to the tremendous growth in cyberspace commerce. The law hasn't caught up with all this change. To further prepare for the cyberspace era, the firm last year gave all its lawyers Internet access from their desktops and bought special phone lines for faster connections.
Most analysts expect unemployment to stay low nationwide.
After all, fewer unemployed workers would seem to mean few- er potential plaintiffs. Also, if discharged workers can find new jobs quickly, their potential damages will be less. It hasn't panned out that way. Many business-es continue to trim their work forces to stay competitive. And newly merged companies consolidate much of the back-office bookkeeping operations, sometimes throwing hundreds out of work.