MCBA Listserv Guidelines

This listserv is provided as a service of the Magic City Bar Association (“MCBA”). Thanks for being part of our Listserv community. To ensure the best possible experience for all members, we have established some basic rules for participation. We may periodically send these out as a friendly reminder for experienced users and to assist newer users with listserv operations. 

By using the Listserv, you agree that you have read and will follow the guidelines. You also agree to reserve list discussions for topics best suited to the medium. This is a great way to solicit the advice of your peers, benefit from their experience, and participate in an ongoing conversation.

Please take a moment to acquaint yourself with these rules. The MCBA reserves the right to suspend or terminate membership or access to the listserv for violations of these terms. If you do not accept these guidelines, please unsubscribe from the list by following the directions at the bottom of the listserv message.

THE RULES

  • All defamatory, abusive, profane, threatening, offensive, or illegal materials or language are strictly prohibited. Do not post anything in a listserv message that you would not want the world to see or that you would not want anyone to know came from you.

  • Do not "flame," challenge or attack others. The discussions on the lists are meant to stimulate conversation, not to create contention. Flaming includes the making of derogatory comments, ridicule, excessive sarcasm and innuendo. 

  • Use caution when discussing items. Information posted on the lists is available for all to see, and comments are subject to libel, slander, and antitrust laws. (Example: discussing attorney’s fees or charges for cases can be deemed “price-fixing” and subject to antitrust laws.)

  • Do not post commercial messages on the listserv. Contact people directly with product and service information if you believe it would help them.

  • Please note carefully all items listed in the disclaimer and legal rules below, particularly regarding the copyright ownership of information posted to the list.

  • Do not distribute any SPAM, solicitation, jokes, chain letters, petitions for signatures or letters relating to pyramid schemes, missing persons or once-in-a-lifetime deals.

  • Do not use the listserv to invite the entire list to join your social network (Facebook, Myspace, Linkedin, etc). You may invite individuals to join your network but may not invite the entire list.

LISTSERV ETIQUETTE

  • Include a signature tag on all messages. Include your name, affiliation, location, and e-mail address.

  • Only send a message to the entire list when it contains information that benefits everyone. Whether it’s a recent case of note, other legal news, or a great new product or service you’ve discovered for your practice, list participation is only as valuable as the quality of information that we share.  

  • Do your basic research, legal and factual, before sending a question to the list, and make your question as concise as possible.  State concisely and clearly the topic of your comments in the subject line. This allows members to respond more appropriately to your posting and makes it easier for members to search the archives by subject.

  • Include only the relevant portions of the original message in your reply. Delete any header information, and put your response before the original posting.

  • Send messages such as "thanks for the information" or "me, too" to individuals--not to the entire list. Do this by using your e-mail application's forwarding option and typing in or cutting and pasting in the e-mail address of the individual to whom you want to respond.

  • Do not send administrative messages, such as "remove me from the list", through the listserv. To unsubscribe from the list, follow the directions at the bottom of the listserv email message.

  • Warn other list subscribers of lengthy messages either in the subject line or at the beginning of the message body with a line that says "Long Message."

  • When using an Auto Reply message for times you are out of the office, please be sure to "Create a Rule" (this is easily done with Microsoft Outlook’s Out of Office Assistant) that would prohibit sending the message to the list.

DISCLAIMER AND LEGAL RULES

This list is provided as a service of the Magic City Bar Association (“MCBA”). MCBA accepts no responsibility for the opinions and information posted on this site by others. MCBA disclaims all warranties with regard to information posted on this site, whether posted by MCBA or any third party; this disclaimer includes all implied warranties of merchantability and fitness. In no event shall MCBA be liable for any special, indirect, or consequential damages or any damages whatsoever resulting from loss of use, data, or profits, arising out of or in connection with the use or performance of any information posted on this site.

By using the MCBA listserv, subscribers agree to indemnify defend and hold harmless the MCBA, its committees and sections, its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers and agents from and against all losses, claims, demands, causes of action, liabilities, expenses, including reasonable attorney’s fees and costs arising from any claims arising out of or resulting from any breach of these guidelines by the user or any omission or act taken by the user.

MCBA does not actively monitors the site for inappropriate postings. However, in the event that any inappropriate posting is brought to MCBA's attention (by MCBA staff or otherwise), MCBA reserves the right to take all appropriate action in response. MCBA reserves the right to terminate access to any user who does not abide by these guidelines.