Section 14.2 “Confidential” Information Is Not Necessarily “Privileged”

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II. (§14.2) “Confidential” Information Is Not Necessarily “Privileged”

“A statute creates a discovery or evidentiary privilege where it specifically uses the word ‘privilege’ in that context, prohibits the state from obtaining disclosure of the confidential information, or prohibits the use of confidential information in evidence.” State ex rel. Mo. Ethics Comm’n v. Nichols, 978 S.W.2d 770, 773 (Mo. App. E.D. 1998) (citation omitted) (confidentiality of the Missouri Ethics Commission investigation records...