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Code of Federal Regulations Pertaining to U.S. Department of Labor

Title 29  

Labor

 

Chapter I  

Office of the Secretary of Labor

 

 

Part 18  

Rules of Practice and Procedure for Administrative Hearings Before the Office of Administrative Law Judges

 

 

 

Subpart B  

Rules of Evidence

29 CFR 18.501 - General rule.

  • Section Number: 18.501
  • Section Name: General rule. 
    Except as otherwise required by the Constitution of the United 


States, or provided by Act of Congress, or by rules or regulations 


prescribed by the administrative agency pursuant to


statutory authority, or pursuant to executive order, the privilege of a 


witness, person, government, State, or political subdivision thereof 


shall be governed by the principles of the common law as they may be 


interpreted by the courts of the United States in the light of reason 


and experience. However with respect to an element of a claim or defense 


as to which State law supplies the rule of decision, the privilege of a 


witness, person, government, State, or political subdivision thereof 


shall be determined in accordance with State law.
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