RE: Legal disclaimers in e-mail (was Re: Back in with the group (carefulthis is crawled))

Subject: RE: Legal disclaimers in e-mail (was Re: Back in with the group (carefulthis is crawled))
From: "Combs, Richard" <richard -dot- combs -at- Polycom -dot- com>
To: "Roy Jacobsen" <royj -at- writingclearandsimple -dot- com>, "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 14:02:43 -0600

Roy Jacobsen wrote:

> IANAL, but I've always thought those legal disclaimers in
> e-mails were an exercise in futility. Can't imaging how
> they're supposed to be enforced, for example.

Actually, they're an exercise in CYA -- just evidence that you exercised
what passes for "due diligence" in safeguarding the company's
confidential and proprietary information. If they were really intended
to have an effect, they'd appear at the top of the message, instead of
at the bottom.

My favorite stupid email disclaimer is quoted here:

http://rgcombs.blog-city.com/dont_read_this.htm

Happy weekend!
Richard


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Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
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303-777-0436
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