The
Chicago Tribune on August 26 interviewed Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP attorney,
Evan D. Brown, on whether or not email disclaimers carry any legal weight. In the article, "Email disclaimers generally not legally binding,” Evan explained that in most circumstances, email disclaimers are not legally binding. However, professionals tend to adopt the practice of email disclaimers to put an unintended recipient on notice. Brown says in the article, “If anything they protect the sender's peace of mind. I'm not aware of any situation where someone has avoided liability for the disclosure of sensitive information because of the email signature. I've never seen a case turn on the presence of one of these things.”
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Email disclaimers generally not legally binding."
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