Don’t Over-Share

Are you working with a Postal Service attorney on potential or ongoing litigation, a personnel matter, or negotiations with a business partner?

The attorney-client privilege protects a communication when you request or receive legal advice from a Postal Service attorney. Yes, this means emails.

Ask the attorney before sharing communications outside of your functional organization or outside of the Postal Service. Sharing it could waive the privilege. The Postal Service would then lose its ability to protect the communication from disclosure in litigation or in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request.

Maintaining the attorney-client privilege protects the Postal Service from unnecessary legal risk. And that’s smart business.