Monday, April 18, 2011

Dump That Email Footer

Many, many emails now include a footer imposing conditions, disclaimers and instructions related to the email.

By James Cridland
Do you ever read them? Should we be wary of their contents? Is the footer on your emails valid?

According to The Economist "Many disclaimers are, in effect, seeking to impose a contractual obligation unilaterally, and thus are probably unenforceable". Click here to read their full article "Spare us the e-mail yada-yada".

So, should we discard email footers altogether? Has anybody come across a legal case reliant on the contents of an email footer? Your comments are welcome.

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