"You must understand that litigation is as much a part of business as effective communication or anything else, and you should be mindful that at some point your writing could be subpoenaed," Vernick said.

Is anyone else sad to think that he is most likely right? There is something very wrong with the way we do "business" that you have to approach it like this.

Oh, and of course the guy who said it is a lawyer: "Scott Vernick, a trial attorney who counsels and represents attorneys and law firms in legal ethics for the Philadelphia office of Fox Rothschild O'Brien & Frankel."