Chilled by a possible blizzard of year 2000-bug lawsuits--one estimate sees $1 trillion in damages--corporations are asking the feds for help. "Because of fear of litigation, many companies are afraid of sharing information" about their readiness says HARRIS MILLER, president of the Information Technology Association of America. President CLINTON agrees, and plans to send a bill to Congress this week designed to get companies to reveal how Y2K-O.K. their computers are, in exchange for partial protection from lawsuits. "The maker of any such statement shall not be liable" for it if the company made an effort to tell the truth, a...
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