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New Big Law policy: No Out of Office emails for Partners, "Partners," & Counsel

Big Law firm just announced a new policy effecitve immediate...
metal pale elastic band university
  08/14/26
A scholar is never truly away from the law
beady-eyed elite locale
  08/14/26
as far as our clients can know
metal pale elastic band university
  08/14/26
If your plane is about to crash, then after you enter your t...
beady-eyed elite locale
  08/14/26
...
shimmering state
  08/14/26
...
Avocado bonkers rigpig
  08/14/26
just hit Send right before the plane crashes
swashbuckling library antidepressant drug
  08/14/26
I am currently out of the office roaming the umbral plains o...
mind-boggling magenta mad-dog skullcap
  08/14/26
...
dark property circlehead
  08/14/26
...
Avocado bonkers rigpig
  08/14/26
out the firm
burgundy up-to-no-good resort
  08/14/26
Being on vacation or leave for any reason should be banned ...
concupiscible fishy field
  08/14/26
It’s all true. Partners, “Partners”, Of Co...
laughsome scarlet stead
  08/14/26
*Ofs Counsel
mind-boggling magenta mad-dog skullcap
  08/14/26
But here is the thing: Attorneys are--on rare occassion--awa...
metal pale elastic band university
  08/14/26
I literally had to have this fight with boss to allow my und...
laughsome scarlet stead
  08/14/26
The "them" refers to the underlings, right?
metal pale elastic band university
  08/14/26
Not as much as he hates OOO messages.
laughsome scarlet stead
  08/14/26


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Date: August 14th, 2026 1:13 PM
Author: metal pale elastic band university

Big Law firm just announced a new policy effecitve immediately: Partners, non-equity partners, and Counsel can no longer send automatic email replies outside the firm when out of office. They say it's a bad look. My practice group/speciality has done a great job of covering for each other when one of us is out, so this is causing a lot of consternation.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5893100&forum_id=2#50067843)



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Date: August 14th, 2026 1:37 PM
Author: beady-eyed elite locale

A scholar is never truly away from the law

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5893100&forum_id=2#50067902)



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Date: August 14th, 2026 1:40 PM
Author: metal pale elastic band university

as far as our clients can know

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5893100&forum_id=2#50067907)



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Date: August 14th, 2026 1:42 PM
Author: beady-eyed elite locale

If your plane is about to crash, then after you enter your time you can put in an OOO. Otherwise there is no excuse.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5893100&forum_id=2#50067909)



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Date: August 14th, 2026 2:07 PM
Author: shimmering state



(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5893100&forum_id=2#50067959)



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Date: August 14th, 2026 2:27 PM
Author: Avocado bonkers rigpig



(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5893100&forum_id=2#50068005)



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Date: August 14th, 2026 2:40 PM
Author: swashbuckling library antidepressant drug

just hit Send right before the plane crashes

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5893100&forum_id=2#50068034)



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Date: August 14th, 2026 2:54 PM
Author: mind-boggling magenta mad-dog skullcap

I am currently out of the office roaming the umbral plains of the netherworld chasing comments on version 8 of the MSA, upon the completion of which I shall be permitted to cross into afterlife and abandon this spectral form which has been forced to pursue the unfinished scholarship of my erstwhile mortal form. For immediate assistance, please email my legal secretary.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5893100&forum_id=2#50068071)



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Date: August 14th, 2026 4:17 PM
Author: dark property circlehead



(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5893100&forum_id=2#50068353)



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Date: August 14th, 2026 2:26 PM
Author: Avocado bonkers rigpig



(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5893100&forum_id=2#50068004)



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Date: August 14th, 2026 2:10 PM
Author: burgundy up-to-no-good resort

out the firm

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5893100&forum_id=2#50067969)



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Date: August 14th, 2026 2:15 PM
Author: concupiscible fishy field

Being on vacation or leave for any reason should be banned

The practice of law requires 24/7 attention

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5893100&forum_id=2#50067981)



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Date: August 14th, 2026 2:41 PM
Author: laughsome scarlet stead

It’s all true. Partners, “Partners”, Of Counsels — all of it.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5893100&forum_id=2#50068039)



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Date: August 14th, 2026 2:57 PM
Author: mind-boggling magenta mad-dog skullcap

*Ofs Counsel

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5893100&forum_id=2#50068076)



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Date: August 14th, 2026 3:58 PM
Author: metal pale elastic band university

But here is the thing: Attorneys are--on rare occassion--away and responding in a matter of hours instead of minutes, and clients might actually want a heads up about that.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5893100&forum_id=2#50068280)



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Date: August 14th, 2026 4:02 PM
Author: laughsome scarlet stead

I literally had to have this fight with boss to allow my underlings to put up out off office emails. He HATES them.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5893100&forum_id=2#50068291)



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Date: August 14th, 2026 4:03 PM
Author: metal pale elastic band university

The "them" refers to the underlings, right?

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5893100&forum_id=2#50068298)



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Date: August 14th, 2026 4:14 PM
Author: laughsome scarlet stead

Not as much as he hates OOO messages.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5893100&forum_id=2#50068350)