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with misbranding drugs held for sale after shipment into interstate
commerce.
States.
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Raising an advice of counsel defense waives the
attorney-client privilege. See, e.g., United States v.
Bilzerian, 926 F.2d 1285, 1292 (2d Cir. 1991)(cannot use
attorney-client privilege as both a shield and a sword); United
States v. Burger, 773 F. Supp. 1419, 1429 (D. Kan. 1991)(waiver
in context of pretrial discovery); McNeil-PPC, Inc. v. Procter &
Gamble Co., 138 F.R.D. 136, 137 (D.Colo. 1991); Coleco
Industries, Inc. v. Universal City Studios, Inc., 110 F.R.D. 688,
690-91 (S.D.N.Y. 1986); United States v. Mierzwicki, 500 F. Supp.
1331, 1334 (D. Md. 1980) (fairness demands treating the defense
as a waiver of the attorney-client privilege). In asserting an
advice of counsel defense, a defendant, in essence, represents
that he fully disclosed all relevant facts to an independent
attorney, the attorney offered a legal opinion or rendered legal
advice on the legality of a proposed transaction, and the
defendant relied in good faith on this opinion or advice in
determining a course of action. See, e.g., C.E. Carlson, Inc. v.
SEC, 859 F.2d 1429, 1436 (10th Cir. 1988); United States v. Carr,
740 F.2d 339, 347 (5th Cir. 1984). This assertion is enough to
constitute a waiver of any associated attorney-client privilege,
because the communications with the attorneys would become
material to determining the defendant’s knowledge and intent.
See United States v. Plache, 913 F.2d 1375, 1380 (9th Cir. 1991);
United States v. White, 887 F.2d 267, 270 (D.C. Cir. 1989); In re
Von Bulow, 828 F.2d 94, 101 (2d Cir. 1987); United States v.
Aronoff, 466 F. Supp. 855, 862 (S.D.N.Y. 1979).
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United States v. (Under Seal), 748 F.2d 871, 875 n.7 (4th Cir.
sitting jury.
The Local Rules and Standing Order of this Court requires each
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waived, but the waiver may not occur until the middle of trial
other types of defenses: alibi (Rule 12. 1), insanity (Rule 12.2),
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advice of counsel.
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of counsel.
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Respectfully submitted,
DAVID E. NAHMIAS
UNITED STATES ATTORNEY
RANDY S. CHARTASH
ASSISTANT U.S. ATTORNEY
Georgia Bar No. 121760
LAWRENCE R. SOMMERFELD
ASSISTANT U.S. ATTORNEY
Georgia Bar No. 666936
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type.
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE