Some people have sent me the story of the Harvard B-school prof who got into a series of sharply worded emails with a restaurant that he felt had overcharged him. (Details at Overlawyered.) In the exchange, the prof (who has a law degree) balked, citing the no-contact rule, when the restaurant owner mentioned that he had consulted a lawyer. Can any of our Massachusetts readers enlighten us: when the lawyer in a principal in the dispute, can the lawyer directly contact a represented opposing party?