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GGD-00-196R 1 (2000-09-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaalqq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G ~GAO Accountability * Integrity * Reliability United States General Accounting Office General Govermnent Division Washington, D.C. 20548 B-285601 September 21, 2000 The Honorable Patrick J. Leahy Ranking Member Committee on the Judiciary United States Senate The Honorable Ernest F. Hollings Ranking Member Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation United States Senate Subject: Federal and State Court Cases That Invoked the Y2KAct (P.L. 106-37) This letter responds to your request for information on cases pending and concluded in federal and state courts that invoked the Y2KAct (Public Law 106-37). The Y2KAct, signed into law on July 20, 1999, established certain procedural requirements for civil actions relating to an actual or potential year 2000 failure that could occur or has allegedly caused harm. The Y2KAct generally defined a year 2000 failure as a failure of any device or system to process or otherwise deal with the transition from the year 1999 to the year 2000. The Y2K Act's procedures included administrative dispute resolution provisions, prelitigation notification requirements, limitations on class actions, provisions giving federal district courts original jurisdiction over certain types of class action cases, and heightened pleading requirements. The Y2K Act applied retroactively to any case filed in federal or state court after January 1, 1999, for a potential or actual year 2000 failure occurring before January 1, 2003. As agreed with your offices, our objectives were to determine, to the extent feasible, (1) the number of federal and state court cases that invoked the provisions of the Y2KAct and (2) the characteristics of those cases. The characteristics included (1) the court where the case was initially filed, (2) the court where the case was concluded or pending, (3) the status of each case as shown in the most recent court document we received, (4) the names of all parties, (5) a description of the relevant case facts, (6) the damages and remedies sought by the parties in the case, and (7) the name of the party or parties who first invoked the Y2KAct and the provisions invoked. It is important to note that parties to a year-2000-related dispute could invoke a provision of the Y2KAct without filing a case in court. One of the act's stated purposes was to encourage GAO/GGD-00-196R Y2K Act Court Cases Page 1

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