Psychiatrists will applaud the landmark ruling by the New York State Supreme Court trial judge in the case of People v. Robert Bierenbaum (Psychiatric News, October 20, 2000). The decision declared that giving a Tarasoff warning does not permanently abrogate the physician-patient privilege. Thus, for example, as in this case, a treating psychiatrist would not be permitted to testify for the prosecution merely because a warning had been given to an intended victim.