Lawyers, like the rest of the world, have embraced the ease of electronic communication. With a press of a button or a click of the mouse, they can shoot each other messages and file documents with courts and agencies, more quickly and cheaply than before.

So it came as a bit of a shock to Steven Kern to encounter an adversary who refused to communicate with him by e-mail, insisting that any papers he wants to send her be faxed and sent by overnight mail. She went so far as to block his e-mails and, when he sent her a motion by e-mail and regular mail, complained to the judge about him.

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