A Virginia court has ruled that there is no attorney-client privilege attached to a letter an employee wrote to his attorney on his employer’s computer. In reaching its decision, the court relied on a statement in the employer’s handbook that said there is no expectation of privacy for any information contained on the employer’s computers or electronic equipment. All employers should include similar language in handbooks or other notices to employees, as well as reserving the right to inspect/monitor/search any company equipment. Such notices should also state that employment and/or continued employment constitutes consent to the same.