The Advice-of-Counsel Defense and the Corporate Employee: A Loss of Balance

Ordinarily, a defendant who wishes to assert the defense of advice of counsel must unlock the door that shields his privileged communications with counsel and divulge those communications to his adversary. But when the defendant is a corporate employee who claims to have relied on advice from the corporation's attorney, the employee may not be able to unlock that door.

11 minute read February 29, 2016 at 11:00 PM
By
Gary Stein
The Advice-of-Counsel Defense and the Corporate Employee: A Loss of Balance

Ordinarily, a defendant who wishes to assert the defense of advice of counsel must unlock the door that shields his privileged communications with counsel and divulge those communications to his adversary.

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