Preferred MSO of America-Austin LLC v. QuadraMed Corp.

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO STAY PENDING ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION

INTRODUCTION

On January 15, 1999, Plaintiff filed a complaint as a class action in California Superior Court for the County of Los An-geles, alleging various causes of action against Defendant QuadraMed (“Defendant”) resulting from Y2K date-change problems with Defendant’s DOS-based EZ-CAP software program. Several months later, on July 20, 1999, Congress enacted the Y2K Act. 15 U.S.C. § 6601 et seq. The Y2K Act applies to all cases brought after January 1, 1999 containing allegations of Y2K problems. 15 U.S.C. § 6603 (a). Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1441 (b) and the removal provision of the Y2K Act, 15 U.S.C. § 6614 , Defendant removed this case to this Court on July 26, 1999.

On August 19, 1999, Defendant employed a procedure authorized by 15 U.S.C. § 6606 (f) to inform Plaintiff that it treated Plaintiffs complaint as the notice required under 15 U.S.C. § 6606 (a). Defendant’s Exh. 2. Defendant also notified Plaintiff that it was “willing to negotiate with Preferred MSO toward the goal of reaching a settlement of Preferred MSO’s claims against QuadraMed. Further, Qua-draMed [was] willing to engage…