Before you click on send and let that email go out into the internet, be advised that a recent California Appeals Court has ruled that emails sent from work to an attorney are not privileged, and can be used in court. In Holmes v. Petrovich Development, an employee used his work email to send emails to his attorney. The employee sued his employer. The employer wanted to use the employee's emails to his attorney as evidence in the lawsuit. The employee fought and tried to keep the emails out of court, but the Appeals Court ruled that the email was not privileged and can be used as evidence because the email was sent at work using work provided email. So, before you click on send, make sure you are sending it from a private email address. Otherwise, what you send to your attorney may not be privileged and confidential and end up being used in court.
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