More than thirty years later Martin Landau received an Oscar for portraying Bella Lugosi, Plan 9 s star, in the movie about Wood s life. Many experts on the Year 2000 computer challenge are on their ninth plan. The fateful weekend is now less than 500 days away. In most cases, agencies and companies are deep into assessment and remediation plans. But lawyers are debating the, What if it doesn t work and we get sued questions.
Some counsel clients that it isn t really a matter of if, but when they get sued and by whom.
The Practicing Law Institute is a premier resource for continuing legal education. For many months it has sponsored a listserv discussion group on the legal aspects of the Y2K problem. The comments have been both entertaining and educational. Some are almost panicky, but others are calm and reasoned. Lately the discussions have gone past attempting to asses blame to contingency planning.