privilege and possibly forfeiting claims to protected attorney work product. Have you been following the Microsoft antitrust trial? Microsoft was hoisted on its own petard. There was a mountain of incriminating emails. Fitting in that case, perhaps, but not ours. I recognize that your message could compromise no one, but I would prefer that we stick to interoffice memoranda.
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Re: Re: Advice Sought
From: Sophie Diehl
To: Maggie Pfeiffer
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 18:36:57
Subject: Re: Re: Advice Sought
3/24/99 6:36 PM
Oh, Maggie,
I can’t believe I ever had a crush on that man. What a skunk. Boy, did he have me snookered. I sent him an email saying I’d take on the case and got back a lecture on emails and the threat they pose to the attorney-client privilege. It was so infuriating. I know the rules—and the risks. There was nothing in my email that compromised anyone or anything. (Just my luck, he’ll intercept THIS email.) And, he never said “Thank you,” or “I know this is not something you signed on for.” Of course, if he doesn’t recognize a debt to me, then it doesn’t exist. And then there’s Fiona; she’s not going to take this well. I can hear her now: “You Yale Law grads knock me out. There’s nothing you can’t do. Habeas corpus with the right hand, alimony with the left.” She’ll no doubt accuse me of poaching her case. This is a royal screwing.
I’ll drop by your rehearsal around 9:30 on Friday. I can’t wait to meet this Harry fellow. Is he more Rochester or Heathcliff?
Love,
Sophie
P.S. Would I have had a crush on DG if he didn’t look like Jeff Bridges? (Rhetorical question. Don’t answer. My chronic weakness for sturdy men. And Starman Bridges NOT Lebowski.)
Join the E-Generation
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From: Sophie Diehl
To: David Greaves
cc: Hannah Smith
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 10:10:16
Subject: Join the E-Generation
3/25/99 10:10 AM
Dear David—
Millennium Approaches. I think it’s time you bit the dumdum and entered the electronic age. We don’t need to be bombarding each other with constant streams of memoranda—like 18th-century courtiers sending notes round by hand. All that letterhead paper, filing, etc. I will make a promise. I will never send you an email that couldn’t be read by either opposing counsel or your mother. (The two negatives make an intended positive.) Email is very useful for making appointments, sending reminders, and the like. And if you want to make an email part of the record, you can print it out and have Hannah file it.
I won’t be able to make the Friday appointment. I’ll be out of the office all day, interviewing possible witnesses for the Trilling case. How about Monday morning? I can do anytime until 1 pm when I’ve got to leave for an evidentiary hearing.
I’m cc’ing Hannah so she can check your calendar.
Yours,
Sophie
P.S. Atticus as Jewish. I need to see that. I have seen
The Third Man
. It’s my mother’s second-favorite movie after
Smiles of a Summer Night
. I’ve also seen
Paths of Glory
, which is my father’s favorite movie, not counting
Chariots of Fire
, that great British weeper. So, do you watch
The Simpsons
?
Mr. Watson, Come Here
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From: David Greaves
To: Sophie Diehl
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 18:32:11
Subject: Mr. Watson, Come Here
3/26/99 6:32 PM
Dear Sophie—
I hope your Trilling interviews went well. I’ve slotted you in at 9:30 Monday. Do you check your email over the weekend?
What do you think of my maiden email? I was taken by your lavish style—especially after that first terse, unfriendly (probably, deservedly so) message. What with the courtiers, the dumdums, and the bombarding streams, I was immersed in a soup of metaphors. Will email do this to me, too?
You might be interested to know that my mother is not a prig; I can’t imagine anything you’d say in your most indiscreet moments that would shock her. She’s like
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Re: Re: Advice Sought
From: Sophie Diehl
To: Maggie Pfeiffer
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 18:36:57
Subject: Re: Re: Advice Sought
3/24/99 6:36 PM
Oh, Maggie,
I can’t believe I ever had a crush on that man. What a skunk. Boy, did he have me snookered. I sent him an email saying I’d take on the case and got back a lecture on emails and the threat they pose to the attorney-client privilege. It was so infuriating. I know the rules—and the risks. There was nothing in my email that compromised anyone or anything. (Just my luck, he’ll intercept THIS email.) And, he never said “Thank you,” or “I know this is not something you signed on for.” Of course, if he doesn’t recognize a debt to me, then it doesn’t exist. And then there’s Fiona; she’s not going to take this well. I can hear her now: “You Yale Law grads knock me out. There’s nothing you can’t do. Habeas corpus with the right hand, alimony with the left.” She’ll no doubt accuse me of poaching her case. This is a royal screwing.
I’ll drop by your rehearsal around 9:30 on Friday. I can’t wait to meet this Harry fellow. Is he more Rochester or Heathcliff?
Love,
Sophie
P.S. Would I have had a crush on DG if he didn’t look like Jeff Bridges? (Rhetorical question. Don’t answer. My chronic weakness for sturdy men. And Starman Bridges NOT Lebowski.)
Join the E-Generation
----
From: Sophie Diehl
To: David Greaves
cc: Hannah Smith
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 10:10:16
Subject: Join the E-Generation
3/25/99 10:10 AM
Dear David—
Millennium Approaches. I think it’s time you bit the dumdum and entered the electronic age. We don’t need to be bombarding each other with constant streams of memoranda—like 18th-century courtiers sending notes round by hand. All that letterhead paper, filing, etc. I will make a promise. I will never send you an email that couldn’t be read by either opposing counsel or your mother. (The two negatives make an intended positive.) Email is very useful for making appointments, sending reminders, and the like. And if you want to make an email part of the record, you can print it out and have Hannah file it.
I won’t be able to make the Friday appointment. I’ll be out of the office all day, interviewing possible witnesses for the Trilling case. How about Monday morning? I can do anytime until 1 pm when I’ve got to leave for an evidentiary hearing.
I’m cc’ing Hannah so she can check your calendar.
Yours,
Sophie
P.S. Atticus as Jewish. I need to see that. I have seen
The Third Man
. It’s my mother’s second-favorite movie after
Smiles of a Summer Night
. I’ve also seen
Paths of Glory
, which is my father’s favorite movie, not counting
Chariots of Fire
, that great British weeper. So, do you watch
The Simpsons
?
Mr. Watson, Come Here
----
From: David Greaves
To: Sophie Diehl
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 18:32:11
Subject: Mr. Watson, Come Here
3/26/99 6:32 PM
Dear Sophie—
I hope your Trilling interviews went well. I’ve slotted you in at 9:30 Monday. Do you check your email over the weekend?
What do you think of my maiden email? I was taken by your lavish style—especially after that first terse, unfriendly (probably, deservedly so) message. What with the courtiers, the dumdums, and the bombarding streams, I was immersed in a soup of metaphors. Will email do this to me, too?
You might be interested to know that my mother is not a prig; I can’t imagine anything you’d say in your most indiscreet moments that would shock her. She’s like
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