Legal Question in Business Law in New Jersey

Re: faxing use

There is nothing illegal, in most circumstances, from sending someone who owns a company a fax at that company without prior notification. Of course, there are exceptions to that general rule. You should consult an attorney to get more specific advice tailored to your situation. You are welcome to contact my office for an appointment if you would like. I would be happy to discuss it further with you.

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Re: faxing use

Nothing is illegal in sending fax without prior notice. Without knowing facts, no proper advice can be given.

Re: faxing use

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This is more a question of privacy and perhaps libel (if the statements in the fax were not true and other people saw the fax). However, if the fax number is a general and published company fax number, unless you advise people not to send faxes to you on that fax number without calling first to confirm that the matter is not private, I do not believe that the attorney did anything illegal. You should probably have an internal company policy about who has access to the general fax machine which private or confidential information might come across.