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U.S. v. Jacobs, No. 96-1341 (2nd Cir.) (117 F.3d 82) (July 7, 1997) (Judge Richard D. Cudahy)

As the Government increasingly seeks to attack defense counsel who represent defendants in drug cases, this case presents a timely analysis of the "crime-fraud exception" to the attorney-client privilege. The Court explained that the crime-fraud exception removes the attorney-client privilege from those attorney-client communications that are "relate[d] to client communications ...

 

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