The New York Times began an article stating, “[i]f you’re going to confide in someone, who should it be: a doctor, a psychotherapist or a lawyer? This is not the beginning of a joke.”[1]

The article went on to discuss that the American Bar Association, in August 2001, approved a proposal to change the rules of confidentiality between lawyers and their clients.

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