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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Carl,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Thank you for posting the blog article.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> You suggested:<i> “paralegals who wish that their attorneys would face up to this DOCX risk problem, maybe they could print out this very blog article and
stick it under the nose of the attorneys.” <o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> I would suggest that these paralegals (non-attorney staff) provide this blog article to their firms’
<u>managing partners, risk management committees, and general counsel</u>. I am sure those people would like to know that their firm’s attorneys are delegating decisions about risk and potential malpractice to non-attorney staff, without even learning or knowing
the issues.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">From:
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Oppedahl Lists <pct-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com> on behalf of Carl Oppedahl via Pct <pct@oppedahl-lists.com><br>
<b>Reply-To: </b>"For users of the PCT and ePCT. This is not for laypersons to seek legal advice." <pct@oppedahl-lists.com><br>
<b>Date: </b>Friday, January 12, 2024 at 2:18 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>for users of the Patent Cooperation Treaty <pct@oppedahl-lists.com><br>
<b>Cc: </b>Carl Oppedahl <carl@oppedahl.com><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[Pct] Can the attorney skip next Tuesday’s webinar about DOCX risks? Is it okay if the attorney sends a paralegal?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p>I received an email from a paralegal about next Tuesday's webinar. It inspired this blog article:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><a href="https://blog.oppedahl.com/can-the-attorney-skip-next-tuesdays-webinar-about-docx-risks-is-it-okay-if-the-attorney-sends-a-paralegal/">https://blog.oppedahl.com/can-the-attorney-skip-next-tuesdays-webinar-about-docx-risks-is-it-okay-if-the-attorney-sends-a-paralegal/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">-- Pct mailing list Pct@oppedahl-lists.com http://oppedahl-lists.com/mailman/listinfo/pct_oppedahl-lists.com
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