The dot.com gold rush is over. Companies that months before had stock market valuations approaching IBM’s can no longer pay the electric bill to keep their websites up and running. As dot.com companies file for bankruptcy, they are once again changing the way business is done.

In a recent decision, the Supreme Judicial Court significantly enhanced the ability of both plaintiffs and defendants to challenge the admissibility of expert testimony based on “junk science.”

My last turn at this column was in the midst of the impeachment process. I then made an argument that the Special Prosecutor had misused his powers by using the grand jury as a way to undertake an impeachment investigation, a prerogative reserved solely to Congress.

Furthering its commitment to alternative dispute resolution (ADR), Hanify & King collaborated with the Massachusetts Software & Internet Council in establishing the Technology Company Mediation Program.