Legal Writing

Some Lawyers — Unbelievable Sometimes

I find this mildly unbelievable. If I didn’t know how some lawyers can act sometimes, I suppose I’d find it regular unbelievable.

I mark up a disclaimer, the first line of which is a run-on:

This Blog/Web Site (“Blog”) does not provide specific legal advice, it is for educational purposes only.

The lawyer’s response to the mark-up:

That was the result of an elaborate debate I cannot afford to reopen.

He’s going to keep the run-on. It could be fixed in one second, but he doesn’t want to (I suppose) reopen any discussion of that disclaimer at all.

Unbelievable!

Now . . . what’s the rule for using hyphens to join words? Does this post violate it? Does it really matter?

Full post as published by Set in Style on July 27, 2010 (boomark / email).