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Ronald J. Levine
Herrick Feinstein LLP


Mr. Levine is Co-Chair of Herrick, Feinstein's Litigation Department. An experienced trial attorney, his practice focuses on the defense of multi-party tort and contract actions. During the past twenty-five years, Ron has represented corporate defendants in such high- visibility matters as the Love Canal proceedings in New York, the toxic shock syndrome actions, the smoking and health litigation, the repetitive stress keyboard cases, the lead paint litigation, and the Firestone tire recall. He regularly advises clients on strategies and programs involving records management and discovery, and crisis management. He is the author of more than two dozen articles on trial practice, crisis management, and tort law, and is an Editor of the nationally published Product Liability Law and Strategy.
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New Year’s Tip re: E-mail

Dec 31, 2009

My New Year’s resolution is to better train our employees to “think twice and click once” when sending e-mails. Our weight reduction goal for the New Year will be to reduce the burden placed upon our company by those “dumb” e-mails our employees impulsively send — which unnecessarily increase our corporate risks.

Be Careful What You Say About Judges

Jan 02, 2009

Never assume that an otherwise privileged e-mail will never see the light of day. Even a privileged e-mail may be read by the court. Outside defense counsel would be well advised to limit negative comments concerning the court, and even their adversaries. It is entirely possible that the judge may some day read those comments.

For example, outside counsel are often asked to provide in-house counsel with “initial case assessments” in which outside counsel are asked, among other things, to discuss the judge and the venue.

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Use the Telephone

Dec 19, 2008

Our most important lesson learned is that the lawyer and the client should not write anything he or she would not want to see on the front page of the newspaper. Before sending a written message it is always advisable to ask oneself “Should I commit this to writing?”

Many of our clients have learned the hard way that e-mails and instant messages are much more than a simple substitute for the telephone.

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