General Electric Co. v. Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection

In this action plaintiff General Electric Company (“G.E.”) challenges defendant Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection’s (“the D.E.P.’s”) refusal to provide G.E. with approximately 420 documents G.E. requested under G.L.c. 66, §10, the Public Records Act. The D.E.P. contends that these documents are, variously, protected by the attorney-client privilege, protected by the work-product doctrine, or exempt from the statutory definition of “public records,” and therefore need not be produced.

G.E. and the D.E.P. have now moved for summary judgment as to all counts of the complaint;…