In-House Counsel

Listen To Your Lawyer: Please Don’t Write That In An Email

Thank your lawyer for not letting you put that in an email.

Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day.

The ‘e’ in email also stands for ‘evidence’ and ‘eternal.’

Amy Manning, chair of the antitrust practice group at McGuireWoods, in comments noted by Corporate Counsel, on why some internal communications sent via email, text, or messaging app may come back to haunt their senders in court.


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