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How does the crime-fraud exception to attorney-client privilege apply?

March 22, 2023March 29, 2023palmbeachfederaldefense

The attorney-client privilege is defined as “[a] client’s right to refuse to disclose and to prevent any other person from disclosing confidential communications between the client and the attorney” and is invoked when the client is seeking legal advice.  Essentially, the attorney-client
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West Palm Beach Man Convicted of Making False Statements on US Citizenship Application

November 14, 2018March 31, 2023palmbeachfederaldefense

Etevaldo Ferreira De Souza, 47, of West Palm Beach, was found guilty by a jury on November 9 of one count of making false statements in a naturalization proceeding, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1015(a). According to the evidence presented at trial,
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NACDL: Federal Defendants Penalized if They Don’t Plead Guilty

September 20, 2018March 31, 2023palmbeachfederaldefense

In a recent publication, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) found, “There is ample evidence that federal criminal defendants are being coerced to plead guilty because the penalty for exercising their constitutional rights is simply too high to risk.”

US Supreme Court Rules Against Warrantless Search of Cellphone Data

September 20, 2018March 31, 2023palmbeachfederaldefense

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