Should lawyers be disciplined for not having active e-mail accounts? The South Carolina Disciplinary Board thinks so. Aaron Weems, associate at Fox Rothschild, reports on the Pennsylvania Family Law blog that the S.C. board recently ruled a retired lawyer “poses a substantial threat of serious harm to the public and to the administration of justice” for not having an active e-mail address.
Weems recites anecdotes from his own practice, when opposing counsel’s lack of technological tools caused not only headaches, but extra expenses. And we’re not talking the latest cloud computing system, but simply an active e-mail address. He says that often having to hand deliver or send documents via courier such as Federal Express adds extra expenses for clients.
