If it is the end of the world, he said, we should be found doing our jobs. The world didn't end. Happy New Year. A look back from the last month of the 1900s shows the substantial progress which has been made in dealing with Year 2000 issues since the publication of Millennium Briefs began. There has been extensive activity in every area and in most there has been substantial progress.
Parenthetical references are to past issues.
Justice Charles E. Ramos rejected Xerox's claim that its insurer had to give it pre-suit notice under the federal Y2K Act before bringing on a declaratory judgment action. The New York State jurist also refused to grant a forum non conveniens motion and denied a request to stay the carrier's New York suit in deference to an after-filed claim by Xerox pending in Connecticut. Justice Ramos began by reviewing the statutory language and legislative history of the federal Y2K Act, finding neither supported a conclusion that the law was meant to apply to insurance coverage disputes. In any case, the Court concluded Xerox had waived any right to treat the New York suit as a pre-litigation notice by starting its own suit in Connecticut. Turning to Xerox's motion urging that Connecticut would be a more convenient forum for the case, the Court found the two states provide equally convenient places for trial, even if Connecticut law turns out to govern the policies.