Recent Civil Rights News

Recently, Mark Krudys has worked to advance inmates’ civil rights claims: On August 13, 2014, Mark Krudys led a nationally broadcast webinar entitled, “Jail and Jailer Liability: The Trial of a Jail Death Case.”  The course covered both practical and substantive aspects of inmate death cases.  The course covered the preliminary steps an attorney must take to […]

Advice of Counsel Affirmative Defense May Waive Attorney-Client Privilege

Attorneys should be aware that they risk waiving attorney-client privilege by asserting an advice of counsel affirmative defense. In an antitrust litigation, the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho recently granted plaintiffs’ motion to compel certain defendants to produce documents identified on their privilege logs because they had waived attorney-client privilege by asserting […]