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Aug 2023
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Lawyers Are Getting on More Corporate Bo...

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Wendeen Eolis, Chair/CEO of Eolis International Group, discusses why public companies are increasingly looking for lawyers to become corporate directors. Ethics law expert Arthur Hellman, a Professor at the University of Pittsburgh Law School, discusses the country’s oldest federal judge facing sanctions over her refusal to cooperate with an investigation into her mental fitness. June Grasso hosts.

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