Dance like no one is watching; email like it’s being read aloud at your deposition — this sentiment was passed along this morning by a colleague.  It is good to be periodically reminded to be careful with your business and professional emails:

When [writing emails] creating exhibits for the inevitable law suit consider

• Keep business email professional.
• Write as if your mother were reading over your shoulder.
• Consider the purpose of the communication.
• Consider the audience/recipients of the information (including a judge and jury).
• Be factual; where opinion is called for, identify it as opinion, and make sure that it is germane to the issues; do not give an opinion (e.g., legal) that you are not qualified to give.
• Do not make mean or demeaning references to others.
• Make your point, but avoid extreme emphasis!!!!
• Keep business and personal messages separate.
• Consider how your characterization of the Company and its activities would be perceived by an outsider.