A day after the Carolina Panthers announced an investigation into their owner, the NFL team is facing questions about how independent that review will be.
A Los Angeles-based law firm, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart and Sullivan, LLP, will conduct the investigation of owner and founder Jerry Richardson, 81, over allegations of workplace misconduct.
But a limited owner of the Panthers, Erskine Bowles – also a former White House chief of staff – will oversee the probe.
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