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| Y2K Legal Links (maxpages.com/palmer/y2k) |
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| Jumps to Y2K Related Sites |
| Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal Y2K Website: www.sonnenschein.com/2000/taskforce.html Includes analysis of US SEC Requirements; Director-Officer Liability; Sample Contracts Deutsche Bank's NYC Economist Edward Yardeni's Y2K Site: www.yardeni.com/cyber.html Database re SEC Y2K Corporate Disclosure; Global Recession For SEC Disclosure in general, some use http://quicken.excite.com/investments/ US Securities Industry Association Jump Site: www.sia.com/year_2000/html/y2k_key_links.html y2k.com Jump Site: Legal Section Sponsored by a Washington Firm (Williams, Mullen): www.y2k.com Contracting Language at www.y2k.com/y2kcontr.htm Director and Officer Liability at www.y2k.com/hasset.htm Boston Firm Cosgrove, Eisenberg & Wiley: www.comlinks.com/legal/lmenu.htm Informational Advertising Site: Legal Links, State Laws, Etc. Law Journal Extra! An Excellent Current Events Site Superb Computer Law and Y2K Article: www.ljextra.com/practice/computer/Y2krtf.html  |
| US SEC & Y2K Readiness Disclosure |
| US Government's SEC Homepage for Y2K www.sec.gov/news/home2000.htm Not helpful for finding basic resources Full Text of US SEC Interpretation Statement Re Disclosure http://www.sec.gov/rules/concept/33-7558.htm (Aug. 4, 1998) Guidance FAQ thereon: www.sec.gov/rules/concept/33-7609.htm Year 2000 Information and Readiness Disclosure Act Text: www.lawpublish.com/s2392.html Government Policy: www.itpolicy.gsa.gov/mks/yr2000/y201toc1.htm January 1998 US SEC Legal Bulletin No. 5 (Jan. 12, 1998): www.sec.gov/rules/othern/slbcf5.htm Foreign private issuers also should follow this guidance. In particular, these issuers should consider the disclosure requirements of Form 20-F, Item 1 ("Description of Business") and Item 9 ("Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations")". US Federal Government Gateway for Y2K Information: www.itpolicy.gsa.gov/mks/yr2000/y201toc1.htm Y2K Millenium Bug Bug |
| Miscellaneous |
| United Kingdom Legal Liability perspective. Common law tort and contract principles discussed, UK Sale of Goods Act, Supply of Gods Act, Consumer Protection Act, Health & Safety at Work Act: www.comlinks.com/legal/tlyons2.htm Embedded systems -- Existence of date-dependent microchips in stand-alone products: www.comlinks.com/legal/dnemb1.htm "Traditional" insurance policies and coverage of damages resulting from the Y2K problem: www.y2k.com/areyou.htm Early US Y2K tort/contract action: retail cash registers fail to handle MasterCard credit cards with Expiry Dates after 1999: www.comlinks.com/legal/dmm2.htm Insurance and procurement/contracting matters discussed at: www.itpolicy.gsa.gov/mks/yr2000/legal.htm Provisions for inclusion in contracts: www.2000legal.com/links.htm#Contracts & Warranties Warranty language for a software license: www.year2000.com/archive/NFwarranty.html Text of Executive Order of US President, Feb. 4, 1998: www.comlinks.com/gov/exo2498.htm Numerous US States have published standard contractual Y2K warranty terms for inclusion in all procurement contracts. For example, Florida: http://y2k.state.fl.us |
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