Anybody who has any knowledge or training in the use of email and the internet (sadly, this excludes a great deal of our profession, and a sizable portion of our judges) knows that anything in all caps is in appropriate for almost any use. It is harder to read, is ignored, and has the opposite effect as that intended by our well-meaning but entirely misguided enforcement agencies.

Actually, Butterick’s “Typography For Lawyers” could probably be considered authoritative in the field — and ought to be required reading for any dunderhead who thinks all caps has any purpose other than to emphasis a word or two (Ben’s use was entirely appropriate) or to identify a section of a memo or brief.

Personally, I think Mr. Hunter needs no disclaimer whatsoever, but should never mention a client’s name. I don’t blog, but if I ever do, there will no disclaimer, and no client names – ever.

The science from the advertising world is that all caps is HARDER TO READ than lower caps.

Mr Hunter should probably just comply with the disclaimer issue since it really makes no difference whatsoever to the consumer. He won on the larger issue which was the right to blog about specific cases.

I do wonder, however, how may potential clients he maybe losing who read his blog and say to themselves “gee, I’m not sure I want my name splashed on the Internet, especially if I win my case”