Beery v. United States

How later courts describe this case

• “A client ... may waive the privilege by deliberately injecting into the case the advice which he received from his attorney” (citations omitted).
• even if defendant had considered bankruptcy proceeding to be invalid, that would not preclude convicting him of concealing assets from receiver and trustee in bankruptcy
• “[mjotions to separate the issues of liability and damages are to be granted by the court on a case-by-case basis only when the separation will result in judicial economy and will not unduly prejudice any party.”