[geeks] Email Disclaimers

[Phil Stracchino]

On 07/06/11 17:44, Edward Mitchell wrote:
> On Jul 6, 2011, at 2:36 PM, Phil Stracchino wrote:
>> On 07/06/11 17:00, RichT (list addr) wrote:
>>> Do messages like this have any legal backup at all?
>>> Sounds to me like a load of mumbo jumbo.
>>
>> Not one damn thing.  They're not worth the paper they're printed on.
>> But it makes control-freak corporate lawyers feel like they're in
>> control of something.
> 
> That's not necessarily true or accurate.  You might want to do a little
> research on both the legal aspects of email disclaimers and the attorney
> ethics implications of email disclaimers.  Something as simple as *where* in
> the message the disclaimer appears can potentially change the calculus.

Care to expand upon that?


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