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Massachusetts Guide to Evidence 2025 Edition MA R EVID § 526

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) Statutory Bar on the Use of Information from Unemployment Hearing. Subject to the exceptions listed in Subsection (b), information secured during an unemployment hearing is absolutely privileged, is not public record, and is not admissible in any action or proceeding.

(b) Exceptions. Such information may be admissible only in the following actions or proceedings:

(1) criminal or civil cases brought pursuant to G. L. c. 151A where the department or Commonwealth is a necessary party,

(2) civil cases relating to the enforcement of child support obligations,

(3) criminal prosecutions for homicide, and

(4) criminal prosecutions for violation of Federal law.

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