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Policies

No legal advice or referrals

This web site is not intended to be, and you should not rely on any materials on this site or any blogs maintained by this author as, a source of legal advice. Postings to this web site and its embedded blogs have been prepared for informational purposes only. Transmission or receipt of information contained in this web site does not create an attorney-client relationship. No assurance is given that any correspondence, via e-mail or otherwise, between you and the author of this site resulting from your receipt of information from this web site will be secure or treated as confidential or privileged. The transmission or delivery of any correspondence will not create an attorney-client relationship between you and the author of this site. Please do not send the author any confidential information. Legal advice must be tailored to the specific circumstances of each situation, so nothing in this blog should be used as a substitute for the advice of qualified legal counsel familiar with your particular situation.

The author assumes no responsibility for the accuracy or timeliness of any information contained in this web site.

This web site is not intended to serve as an advertisement or solicitation of legal or any other business. In particular, the author does not intend or desire to wishes to solicit through this website the business of anyone in any state or other jurisdiction where this web site, or the use thereof, may not be in compliance with any law or ethical rule.

I am not a practicing lawyer. I cannot and will not represent you or provide legal advice. I also am not a legal referral service. I cannot and will not refer you to legal counsel.

Policy on reader emails

I try to respond to most reader emails, but will ignore spam, obscenity, ad hominem attacks, or general incivility. My policy on quoting emails is opt-out: Unless you tell me not to do so, I will quote your email. My policy on identifying the emailer is opt-in: Unless you tell me to name you, I will refer to you as "a reader."

Rationale: An opt-in rule requires consent of responding readers before the information they have sent you can be disclosed to other readers. Opt-in thus essentially stops the free flow of information blogging is designed to promote. In contrast, an opt-out rule promotes free flow of information while still alllowing privacy sensitive readers to prevent personal information and communications from being shared. Many privacy surveys, however, suggest that consumers view opt-out consent as appropriate only if the opting-out provision is effectively brought to the customer’s attention, the policy is clear and detailed, and the system makes opting-out easy to execute. Assuming correspondents are more likely to have privacy concerns with respect to identity rather than the substance of their remarks, I adopted opt-in for the former and opt-out with respect to the latter.

Reserving the right to tweak posts

I reserve the right to correct spelling errors and make stylistic changes without notice and, more important, without so indicating. Ditto minor tweaking. When I wish to correct factual errors or change a substantive opinion, however, I will provide an Update notice. Who gets to decide into which category a given change falls? Me—hey they’re my blogs!

Comment Policy

On all of my blogs, I reserve the right to delete comments (or trackbacks to sites) that are off-topic, uncivil, obscene, racist, sexist, or just because I’m feeling cranky, and to ban those who make them.