TE_WEALTH WATCH SINGLE STORY_ A Penton Media Property May 18, 2011 If you want to view this on the web go to: http://enews.penton.com/enews/trustsandestates/v/252 FEATURE STORY --The Walls have e-Ears By Samantha Weissbluth, senior counsel, and Simon Johnson, associate, Foley & Lardner LLP, Chicago May 18, 2011 Electronic communications are causing headaches for lawyers and clients alike The telecommunications revolution has been a boon for lawyers in many respects, making research and communication exponentially faster and easier than it was a mere decade ago. But, as any practitioner knows, for every problem solved by our advancing technologies, new ones are created. The speed and ease with which lawyers and clients can communicate with each other and with third parties by email, instant message and text can lure us into thinking of these communication methods as analogous to in-person or phone conversations. But electronic communications are different in one crucial respect: they're automatically recorded. This creates two problems. First, the occasional careless remark over email or instant message may constitute a waiver of attorney-client privilege. Second, the volume and scope of materials available in discovery becomes so vast that it's easy to mistakenly violate the discovery rules, potentially scuttling your case. To view the full article go to: http://trustsandestates.com/wealth_watch/electronic-communications-lenz-discovery-0518/ ABOUT THIS NEWSLETTER You are subscribed to this newsletter as <*email*> To subscribe to this newsletter go to: https://www.sunbeltfs.com/forms/ts/subscribe.asp To unsubscribe from this newsletter go to: http://pbinews.com/webforms/newsletter/unsub/?email=#email#&lid=#list_id#&mid=#message_id# For questions concerning delivery of this newsletter, please contact our Customer Service Department at:

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