Post date: Apr 4, 2013 4:19:04 PM
Today, the Supreme Court amended Rule 2.516 regarding e-mail service in several important respects. Here’s a summary of the rule changes:
· Parties can stipulate to methods of service other than email.
· The “Designation of email address(es)” need NOT be a separate pleading; rather an attorney must designate his or her e-mail addresses upon appearing in a proceeding.
And the spelling lesson? The only proposed change the Court rejected was to spell e-mail without the hyphen. E-mail is to be spelled WITH the hyphen, not without.