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Metro Legal briefs Industrial Development Board on conflicts, gifts and public-records duties
Summary
Metro Legal gave the board an annual ethics and Tennessee sunshine-laws training that emphasized disclosure and recusal for conflicts of interest, limits on gifts, and the Public Records and Open Meetings Acts.
Metro Legal attorneys gave the Industrial Development Board an annual training on conflicts of interest, gratuities and open‑meetings and public‑records obligations, stressing that members must disclose possible conflicts in public and recuse where appropriate.
The training matters because board members frequently review projects that raise financial and procedural questions — and the presenters told members that disclosures and transparent process protect both individual members and the board’s decisions.
Josh Thomas, Metro Legal, opened the session and introduced Sam Kean, who led the ethics segment. Kean framed the training around three recurring issues: conflicts of interest (direct and indirect), gratuities or kickbacks, and transparency. “The main takeaway today is as it…
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