Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 21C, § 12 (2026)

Disclosure of information

✓ current as of July 2026

Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section MAmalegislature.gov (official) JustiaChapter on Justia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar

Section 12. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, any information, record, or particular part thereof, obtained by the department pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, shall, upon request, be kept confidential and not considered to be public record when it is deemed by the commissioner that such information, record, or report relates to secret processes, methods of manufacture, or production or that such information, record, or report if made public would divulge a trade secret. This section shall not prevent disclosure of any information necessary for an enforcement action or to comply with RCRA.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1985–2011 · leading case: Gen. Chem. Corp. v. Dep't of Env't Quality Eng'g, 474 N.E.2d 183 (Mass. App. Ct. 1985).

Sort: Relevance Newest Treatment

Gen. Chem. Corp. v. Dep't of Env't Quality Eng'g, 474 N.E.2d 183 (Mass. App. Ct. 1985). · cites it 8× “In accordance with G. L. c. 21C, § 12, General Chemical requested that these reports be kept confidential and not be disclosed under the public records law.”

Gen. Chem. v. Dept. of Envtl. Quality, 474 N.E.2d 183 (Mass. App. Ct. 1985). · cites it 8× “In accordance with G.L.c. 21C, § 12, General Chemical requested that these reports be kept confidential and not be disclosed under the public records law.”

Doe v. Sex Offender Registry Bd., 28 Mass. L. Rptr. 159 (Mass. Super. Ct. 2011). “1103 (1985) (requiring an adjudicatory hearing before DEQE released records alleged to be trade secrets protected by G.L.c. 21C, §12), and cases cited. See also Madera v.”

Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.