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Jean Cumming
Editor-in-Chief
EDITORIAL
The Smell of Mendacity
LEXPERT'S CONVERSATION with Clay Horner (see p. 32), included a delightful ex-
change about the ways in which lawyers express themselves on their automatic replies
when they are away. Yes, we all understand the problems inherent in 24-hour access to
mobile telecommunications. It is really, really hard to get away, for a week, for a day.
Is this why some lawyers will leave auto-replies that say they will have "limited access
to email," as though they were being denied access or travelling in the world's remotest
village, rather than the truth that they are choosing to deny themselves access?
And then there is the auto-reply combination that accompanies a work/holiday trip.
e holiday part is downplayed and the conference or meetings are upgraded. In the
message this translates to, "I am attending the Directors and Officers Liability Section
of the French Bar Council and therefore will be delayed in responding … ," with no
mention of the restaurants and lights of Paris creating their own delays.
You can be outed on any of these in many ways, including: suppose you were just
screening your emails but responded to a priority client right away? He or she then
knows you've been less than candid on your auto-reply. Or, you don't answer your client
and then you bump into them at Alléno Paris/Pavillon Ledoyen (http://www.yannick-al-
leno.com/fr/restaurants-reservation/alleno/restaurant-3-etoiles-paris.html).
Better to be candid in the first place.
fortuna favet fortibus
MAY 2018
VOLUME 18 NO. 5
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Jean Cumming
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