Criminal defendants sometimes employ an “advice of counsel” defense to try to demonstrate that they had not intended to break the law. “Here, I’m not even allowed to say ‘advice of ...

Alabama (1932), the Court read due process to require appointed counsel in capital cases, and in felony cases when they presented special needs for legal advice. The modern law interpreting the ...

Following a recent federal court ruling, parties contemplating an advice of counsel defense must consider carefully the scope of the accompanying attorney-client privilege waiver. In United States ...