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Tuesday, October 04, 2011
Law - More on: Are law firm email disclaimers legally binding?
Supplementing this ILB entry from August 27th, Orin Kerr of the Volokh Conspiracy writes that if you use a disclaimer that "This email (including the attachments) is covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2510–2521," then:
If you’re a lawyer and the statement at the end of your e-mail has that line quoted above, please do yourself a favor and remove it. Including that line only shows that you have no idea what the Electronic Communications Privacy Act does, and that you are comfortable repeatedly invoking a law even though you have no idea what is in it. That’s a pretty lousy image to present for your legal practice.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on October 4, 2011 09:43 AM
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