12.7.5 Intra-Corporate Privilege.

• Jurisdiction: Arizona

12.7.5 Intra-Corporate Privilege. There is no absolute intra-corporate immunity in Arizona, but the Arizona Court of Appeals has “adopt[ed] the rule that the communication between two agents of the same principal is a publication for defamation purposes subject to qualified privilege.”¹⁴⁰ This is also the “contemporary view” supported by a majority of jurisdictions.¹⁴¹ The rule of qualified immunity “protects the principal’s interest in free communication while providing for recovery in cases of abuse.”¹⁴²...