Reversing a decision made in February, the Bar's board of governors will now permit the use of texts. 'It's an adaptation to reality,' said Bar president Ramon Abadin. 'Most people communicate by mobile data devices that happen to be phones, too.'
Alternative to email
The decision was made in response to a query from an Orlando law firm, which proposed to obtain information about criminal defendants from court records. It then planned to send texts in cases where addresses for email - an acceptable mode of communications - were not available. Source: Orlando Sentinel
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