President Bill Clinton was brimming with optimism last month when he signed the Y2K Act into law. "I hope that we find that the Y2K Act succeeds in helping to screen out frivolous claims without blocking or unduly burdening legitimate suit," he said. While it passed with an anti-lawyer fervor and with rhetoric about controlling ambulance chasers, the Y2K Act will fail to reduce litigation. What the act will do is create a new laundry list of procedural requirements for legitimately damaged plaintiffs.
August 23, 1999 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
President Bill Clinton was brimming with optimism last month when he signedthe Y2K Act into law.
“I hope that we find that the Y2K Act succeeds in helping to screen outfrivolous claims without blocking or unduly burdening legitimate suit,” hesaid, adding, “We will be watching to see whether the bill’s provisions aremisused by parties who did little or nothing to remediate in order to defeatclaims brought by those harmed by irresponsible conduct.”
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