Recent history shows that FINRA is going after brokers who alter
client's records. This, unfortunately, reminded me of my own
bad experience as a young lawyer when defending a broker.
That broker had great "contemporaneous" notes of his
communications with the client that made the case very defendable.
My opponent questioned the authenticity of these notes, which I
scoffed at. I raised the accusation with my client, who only then
(late in the case) admitted that he created the notes after was
sued.
Needless to say, that case did not end well for the defense.
What does this have to do with email? And, what does the
"e" in email mean?
The easy answer to this question is "electronic", but
that would be wrong. The "e" in email actually means any
one of the following: Eternal, Everlasting, Error-prone and, my
all-time favorite, Exhibit, as in trial exhibit.
