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Dec. 13, 2023

But My Lawyer Told Me

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Michael McCarthy

Kendall Brill & Kelly LLP

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There is a seemingly uncontroversial, general sentiment amongst lawyers and laypersons that a client is "entitled to believe and trust advice of counsel," as one member of the bar recently put it on national television. Counsel's advice has no doubt informed the risk/benefit calculus in many boardroom discussions and even provided the basis for the belief that a proposed course of action is legal. When counsel's advice is inaccurate or erroneous, the client-requestor ...

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