Panel: AG Did Not Show Disclosure Of Study Members’ Names Is Not Embarrassing

Mealey's (April 10, 2017, 2:05 PM EDT) -- AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas attorney general (AG) did not establish that disclosing the names of participants of a university’s study, in response to an information request, would not prove embarrassing to those individuals, a Texas appeals panel ruled April 7, reversing a trial court’s ruling and remanding for a determination of applicable common-law privacy rights (The University of Texas System, et al. v. Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas, et al., No. 03-14-00801, Texas App., 3rd Dist., 2017 Tex. App. LEXIS 3043)....