ARTICLE · 13 AUGUST 2012

The Appellate Record Blog: A Virus That I Hope Will Spread

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From kittens to laughing babies to misbehaving police and politicians, we send it and share it through that series of tubes and pretty soon it is lodged like a blood clot in our collective consciousness.

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On the interwebs, things can "go viral."

From kittens to laughing babies to misbehaving police and politicians, we send it and share it through that series of tubes and pretty soon it is lodged like a blood clot in our collective consciousness.

We can't look away.

When lawyers are involved, it is seldom the cute kitten kind of viral. It usually is lawyers behaving badly, even when they are in the process of asserting rights legitimately held by a client.

But the ABA Journal recently carried a headline about a cease and desist letter that went viral for being so polite. After the jump, I some thoughts about why you don't have to be a jerk to be a superior lawyer.

This is the demand letter that has sparked all the hubbub.

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