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<b>Practice Tip</b> Stop Your e-Mail Risk ' Now!

By Jack Seward
July 02, 2004

What is the common denominator connecting you, your firm, clients, and most of us on the planet today? e-Mail. Today, your practice depends on this technology to communicate with clients. Technology has driven the economy and it shall not stop with e-mail, Internet, and Intranet services.

Five years ago, it became clear that e-mail would play an important role in litigation. The compulsory disclosure requirements to FRCP 26(a)(1) became effective Dec. 1, 2000, requiring parties to disclose the existence of electronic documents and other information when a lawsuit is started.

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