At Friday, July 28, 2006 10:37 AM, Jeffrey Wei wrote: > Can someone explain to me how a disclaimer at the bottom of an email > can do anything, legally? Was there a case study where the disclaimer > worked in the court of law??? > > Let's take a lawyer communication for example. We all know that there > is privilege communication for lawyers and I fail to see how putting a > disclaimer or some stupid legal blurb at the end of an email would > stop the third party from disseminating information that he/she > accidentally intercepts?
The theory isn't that it prevents interception and dissemination so much as it shields the company from liability because they can now argue whoever did so was fully informed -- no "but I didn't know I wasn't supposed to" defense or possibility of turning it back around on the company. Sadly, given the way American jurisprudence has gone in the last three decades, I'm sure the lawyers who advise this course of action are probably doing so for solid reasons. -- Devin L. Ganger Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 3Sharp LLC Phone: 425.882.1032 15311 NE 90th Street Cell: 425.239.2575 Redmond, WA 98052 Fax: 425.702.8455 (e)Mail Insecurity: http://blogs.3sharp.com/blog/deving/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
