On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 7:01 PM, JC Dill <jcdill.lists@gmail.com> wrote:
Michael J. Hartwick wrote:
I have never understood how posting the "warning" at the bottom of the email after you have already given up the "protected" information could possibly be considered enforceable.
It might be useful to look at what some people in the legal business say about these disclaimers:
http://arborlaw.biz/blog/2007/07/19/legal-issues-in-email-disclaimers/
Here's what these lawyers have to say: http://www.ndasforfree.com/TSProgram03BasicProtection.html "Don’t go overboard and mark everything in sight confidential. If virtually everything, including public information, is marked “confidential,” a court may conclude that nothing was really confidential. It is better not to mark anything than to mark everything." Regards, Bill Herrin -- William D. Herrin ................ herrin@dirtside.com bill@herrin.us 3005 Crane Dr. ...................... Web: <http://bill.herrin.us/> Falls Church, VA 22042-3004