An embarrassed Gucci America, Inc. has fired its director of legal affairs after discovering during a lawsuit that he wasn’t properly licensed to practice law. Now the big question before the court: Can Gucci still claim attorney-client privilege?

The secret about then-legal chief Jonathan Moss came out during a trademark infringement suit brought by Gucci against competitor Guess?, Inc. in U.S. District Court in Manhattan.

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