EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Shareholders of a Eugene company that manages services to about 95,000 Lane County Oregon Health Plan patients are suing the publisher of The Register-Guard to try to stop the state from releasing some records.
The Register-Guard reports (https://is.gd/T17zHy ) that shareholders of Agate Resources Inc., the parent company of Trillium Community Health Plan filed a lawsuit against Guard Publishing Co., saying that disclosing the names and ownership interest of Agate shareholders would invade their personal privacy and threaten their professional reputations without serving any public interest.
Agate submitted the names and ownership stakes of shareholders to the Oregon Department of Consumer Services in connection to the company’s proposed sale.
Earlier this year, the state agency denied the newspaper’s records request, but an appeal to the Oregon Department of Justice later forced the agency to disclose the records.
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Information from: The Register-Guard, https://www.registerguard.com
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