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Breach of Contract Crime-Fraud Exception

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The Crime-Fraud Exception Can Apply to Innocent Lawyers' Communications

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The crime-fraud exception can strip away privilege protection from communications in which lawyers further their clients' future wrongful conduct. Under the majority approach, the adversary must (1) first meet a fairly low...more

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