TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jan 6, 2022

Nashville Post’s parent company, FW Publishing, and reporter Stephen Elliott have filed a public records lawsuit against the state seeking access to reports by the consulting firm McKinsey & Co., which was awarded a $3 million no-bid contract to assess the state’s COVID-19 recovery. The reports were completed in 2020 but the Lee administration has claimed “deliberative process privilege” to keep from releasing them, the paper reports. The suit argues the public has significant interest “in knowing the entirety of the information provided to Governor Lee.” It is the second suit of its kind. Last month, state employee Thomas Wesley sued in an attempt to gain access to efficiency reports that were part of McKinsey’s work.