Health Law Advisor

Frequently, parties in both civil and criminal cases where fraud or corporate misconduct is being alleged attempt to defend themselves by arguing that they lacked unlawful intent because they relied upon the advice of counsel. Such an assertion instantly raises two fundamental questions:  1) what advice did the party's attorney actually give?;  and 2) what facts and circumstances did the party disclose, or fail to disclose, in order to obtain that opinion?  It is well understood that raising an advice of counsel defense consequently waives attorney/client privilege.  Moreover ...