Bar Associations Nationwide
Endorse and Market RPost to Members for Legal Proof of E-mail Delivery, Content,
and Official Time Stamp of Electronic Communications.
LOS ANGELES, CA -- Dec 5, 2006 -- RPostŪ, the Registered
E-mailŪ company, today announced that members from more than nine state and
regional bar associations in the United States and Puerto Rico use RPost
Registered E-mailŪ service to send critical e-mail messages and electronic
documents with legal proof of delivery. With RPost services, e-mail users have
legally valid evidence of precisely what e-mail content and attachments were
sent and received, by whom and when.
RPost has established exclusive relationships with major bar associations
across the United States that now endorse and/or market RPost Registered E-mail
services to their members as a compelling and easy-to-use solution for
protecting them in a legal challenge involving e-mail and from future liability.
The Boston Bar and Cleveland Bar are the most recent professional legal
organizations to begin campaigns to educate their members on how, when and why
to use RPost Registered E-mail services in their daily business. They join legal
professionals from the Los Angeles County Bar, Cincinnati Bar, Clark County Bar
(Las Vegas area), Colorado Bar, King County Bar (Seattle area), Utah State Bar
and the Puerto Rico Bar which each endorse and/or educate their member attorneys
about use of Registered E-mail services.
As recent court decisions have underscored the importance of treating e-mail
as a formal document, the legal community requires new technology that can track
the electronic trail from sender to receiver and validate the original content,
thereby delivering greater accountability when using electronic communications.
While attorneys generally save a copy of sent e-mails, when they need a record
of an e-mail correspondence that will stand up to scrutiny, simply saving what
was "sent" is only saving half the picture. If they need to retrieve a
particular record, the other party could simply claim that they did not
"receive" that e-mail, or, worse, claim that when they did, it said something
different.
"Most e-mail users are surprised to learn that sent e-mails can be easily
manipulated and re-saved, leaving them with little recourse should a dispute
occur over the veracity of the original message content or delivery status,"
said Michael T. Elliot, director, Los Angeles County Bar. "RPost Registered
E-mail services close the last-mile delivery gap in electronic communications by
protecting e-mail users from liability that can result when unprotected e-mail
messages are disputed with respect to content or delivery status. By 'RPosting'
an e-mail message, legal professionals and their clients can rest assured that
the message delivery status and content are capable of being authenticated by
third parties as admissible evidence when presented in court."
While recent federal and state statutes (ESIGN and UETA) have given
electronic messages the same legal status as paper documents, traditional e-mail
applications are unable to verify the content of e-mail messages or prove
legally that a message was actually received. Bar association members, who
typically include attorneys, judges, law students and other legal professionals,
use RPost Registered E-mail service to send regulated or required notices while
retaining proof of compliance with the notification requirement; to record
e-mail correspondence between opposing counsel in litigation; and to send legal
opinions to clients and other parties while retaining legally valid evidence of
precisely when they gave specific advice to whom.
"The bar associations believe, as do we, that attorneys should understand the
risks in relying solely on e-mail from their 'sent' folder as a record," said
Zafar Khan, CEO of RPost. "We are working with many of the leading bar
associations to educate their member attorneys that RPost's Registered E-mail
service provides a record that will give the sender attorney and his or her
clients the upper hand in a dispute resolution situation. Registered E-mail
services prove, among other things, precisely what was said to whom and when, by
e-mail."
Professionals in law, financial services, insurance, real estate and other
highly regulated industries recognize the value in using RPost Registered E-mail
messages for electronic communications that have consequence, such as binding
property to insurance policies, legal notices, contracts and proposals. By
arming users with verifiable proof of delivery and content, e-mail suddenly
becomes a viable alternative to overnight delivery of business critical
information and allows organizations to save significant time and money.
"Registered E-mail is better than using registered letters or FedEx, since
neither can provide proof of content transmitted," remarks Judge Dana Senit
Henry, a retired Los Angles County Court judge and practicing mediator,
arbitrator and private judge.
RPost Registered E-mail users receive an electronic receipt that verifies
delivery, message content, and official time sent and received for any e-mail.
For the highest assurance of confidentiality, the RPost system does not retain a
copy of the original e-mail, unlike alternative "store and forward" solutions,
nor does it require e-mail recipients to download specialized software, click on
links, or enter any passwords.
About RPost US Inc.
RPostŪ US Inc. has set the global standard for Legal Proof
for e-mail. RPost's patented services provide the e-mail sender with legally
valid evidence of precisely what e-mail content and attachments were sent and
received, by whom and when. RPost has strategic business relationships with
AT&T, Sprint, Qwest, BTInfonet (BritishTel) and Symantec, among others, to
provide RPost services to their existing clients. Available in five languages,
RPost Registered E-mailŪ services are also used daily by the United States
Government and have been endorsed and marketed by many of the influential bar
associations in the United States. Headquartered in Los Angeles, RPost US Inc.
has offices in Boston and Washington, D.C. RPost International Limited has
offices in Canada, Costa Rica, Brazil, the United Kingdom, France, Switzerland
and Australia.
"Registered E-mail" is a registered trademark owned by RPost.
Contact:
Jill Reed or Michael Kellner - Schwartz Communications, Inc.
- (415) 512-0770
rpost@schwartz-pr.com