Request #2022-0858 (Everett, MA - Solicitor)

Request for public records made to City of Everett by paula sterite.

Agency

City of Everett

Summary

can i have a copy of invoice for Ms Ricci services (and law firm) from June through dec 1 Please be advised that with respect to the redacted  portions of the responsive documents are exempt from disclosure under Exemption (a).  MGL c. 4 s. 7 (26)(a) provides the City a basis for withholding records that are "specifically or by necessary implication exempted from disclosure by statute."  The details in the invoice are confidential communications under the attorney-client privilege.   Further, withholding correspondence which contain confidential communications between the City Solicitor's Office  and its outside attorneys are communications protected by the attorney-client privilege.  MGL c. 4 s. 7(26); see Suffolk Construction Co. v. Div. of Capital Asset Mgmt., 449 Mass. 444, 449-450 (2007) (concluding that the enactment of the Public records Law did not destroy the protection provided by the attorney-client privilege to communication between governmental entities and their lawyers); see also DaRosa v. New Bedford, 471 Mass. 446, 453 (2015)(reaffirming Suffolk Construction principle that "Communications within the attorney-client privilege are impliedly exempt from the definition of the "public records" and therefore are protected from public disclosure under the act")

Request Date

2022-12-14

Agency Tracking

2022-0858

Acquisition Notes

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Status

Fulfilled

Requester

paula sterite

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