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I would say no. While it is a communication intended to be confidential, it is made in the course of a business relationship, not a legal one. The employee's relationship to in-house is that of an employee to management, not a client to an attorney.

Questions? Email tanford@indiana.edu, and refer to 1113

Finally, problem 11C. If the defendant pleads insanity, what happens if the prosecution calls his psychiatrist as a witness to testify as to what he said in nine years of therapy sessions?

First, may the defendant assert the therapist-patient privilege as grounds to quash the subpoena? (The prosecution would have used a subpoena to order the therapist to appear in court to testify. If the subpoena is quashed, the therapist need not show up at all).

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