15 USC Ch. 92: Front Matter
From Title 15-COMMERCE AND TRADECHAPTER 92-YEAR 2000 COMPUTER DATE CHANGE
CHAPTER 92-YEAR 2000 COMPUTER DATE CHANGE
Sec.
6601.
Findings and purposes.
(a)
Findings.
(b)
Purposes.
6602.
Definitions.
6603.
Application of chapter.
(a)
General rule.
(b)
No new cause of action created.
(c)
Claims for personal injury or wrongful death excluded.
(d)
Warranty and contract preservation.
(e)
Preemption of State law.
(f)
Application with Year 2000 Information and Readiness Disclosure Act.
(g)
Application to actions brought by a government entity.
(h)
Consumer protection from Y2K failures.
(i)
Applicability to securities litigation.
6604.
Punitive damages limitations.
(a)
In general.
(b)
Caps on punitive damages.
(c)
Government entities.
(d)
Institutions of higher education.
6605.
Proportionate liability.
(a)
In general.
(b)
Proportionate liability.
(c)
Joint liability for specific intent or fraud.
(d)
Special rules.
(e)
Settlement discharge.
(f)
General right of contribution.
(g)
More protective State law not preempted.
6606.
Prelitigation notice.
(a)
In general.
(b)
Person to whom notice to be sent.
(c)
Response to notice.
(d)
Failure to respond.
(e)
Remediation period.
(f)
Failure to provide notice.
(g)
Effect of contractual or statutory waiting periods.
(h)
State law controls alternative methods.
(i)
Provisional remedies unaffected.
(j)
Special rule for class actions.
6607.
Pleading requirements.
(a)
Application with rules of civil procedure.
(b)
Nature and amount of damages.
(c)
Material defects.
(d)
Required state of mind.
6608.
Duty to mitigate.
(a)
In general.
(b)
Preservation of existing law.
(c)
Exception for intentional fraud.
6609.
Application of existing impossibility or commercial impracticability doctrines.
6610.
Damages limitation by contract.
6611.
Damages in tort claims.
(a)
In general.
(b)
Economic loss.
(c)
Certain other actions.
6612.
State of mind; bystander liability; control.
(a)
Defendant's state of mind.
(b)
Limitation on bystander liability for Y2K failures.
(c)
Control not determinative of liability.
(d)
Protections of the Year 2000 Information and Readiness Disclosure Act apply.
6613.
Appointment of special masters or magistrate judges for Y2K actions.
6614.
Y2K actions as class actions.
(a)
Material defect requirement.
(b)
Notification.
(c)
Forum for Y2K class actions.
(d)
Effect on rules of civil procedure.
6615.
Applicability of State law.
6616.
Admissible evidence ultimate issue in State courts.
6617.
Suspension of penalties for certain year 2000 failures by small business concerns.
(a)
Definitions.
(b)
Establishment of liaisons.
(c)
General rule.
(d)
Standards for waiver.
(e)
Exceptions.
(f)
Expiration.