(IAAL but this is not legal advice.) Reliance on advice of counsel is not a blanket defense against any arbitrary crime you could be charged with or civil liab

(IAAL but this is not legal advice.) Reliance on advice of counsel is not a blanket defense against any arbitrary crime you could be charged with or civil liability you might face. It is only a defense in a certain limited set of circumstances; and it also requires you to waive attorney-client privilege. See https://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=8855&context=ylj https://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?arti... for a good, if dated, overview of the law.