Someday A Jury Will Read Your Stupid Emails And You Will Feel Shame

In case you needed yet one more reminder, and you do, as any lawyer can tell you, just don’t ever put things in email. Yes, we all hate the phone. Yes, it’s truly horrible. But do yourself a favor. Save the juicy business for IRL. And also then when you do have a dishy phone conversation — in this case, with Tony Blair — don’t then summarize it in… an email. This PSA comes to you from the unlikely source of one James Murdoch. If you’re still somehow following the News of the World hacking trials and tribulations, which have been going on for what seems like several lifetimes, you can stop now: that is the only useful message we will learn.