Here's another one for which I'd appreciate an informed answer:

We all remember that, in Gotti's last trial, the judge disqualified his regular lawyers, Bruce Cutler and Gerald Shargel, for being "house counsel"--they were heard on wiretaps participating in planning or commmenting on Gambino family business. Er, pardon my naivete, but aren't lawyers also entitled to give business advice to clients? When I was with a very big company, our in-house lawyers often litigated cases. Weren't they "house counsel," too? And if Cutler and Shargel were heard advising Gotti on illegal activities, shouldn't they have been prosecuted?