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Friday, January 27, 2012
Law - "Warning: If the Email You Just Read Isn't for You, Don't Read It "
The ILB has had several brief entries on email disclaimers (see here and here).
Today the WSJ ($$) has an article on the topic, written by Dionne Searcey and Michael Rothfeld. A few quotes:
Email disclaimers, those wordy notices at the end of emails from lawyers, bankers, analysts, consultants, publicists, tax advisers and even government employees, have become ubiquitous—so much so that many recipients, and even senders, are questioning their purpose."Who reads them?" asks Bruce Nyman, a former county official from Long Island, N. Y., who has grown tired of the many disclaimers attached to messages in his inbox. He says they are like the modern-day mattress tag. "And has anyone ever been arrested for tearing them off?" * * *
Several years ago, William L. Wilson sent a memo to other partners in his South Bend, Ind., law firm insisting they include a standard confidentiality disclaimer on every email. "As I began to think about it further I realized no one reads these things," said Mr. Wilson, who practices civil law. "I don't read them." He has removed the disclaimer from his emails.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on January 27, 2012 08:36 AM
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