Wal-Mart Stores Inc.’s former general counsel has joined a
sports-medicine clinic and foundation supported by a range of wealthy
benefactors, including a member of the Walton family and a Wal-Mart director.
Last month, Tom Mars became chief executive officer of the
Steadman Clinic and the Steadman Philippon Research Institute, according to a
statement on the group’s website. The Colorado clinic, with offices in Vail,
Frisco and Edwards, specializes in orthopedic medicine and says it has treated
hundreds of Olympic and professional athletes.
Mars left Wal-Mart in March, about two months after two
members of Congress released e-mails from 2005 in which he informed Mike Duke,
now CEO, of allegations that executives in Mexico were corrupt. Last year, the
U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
began investigating Wal-Mart for allegedly bribing Mexican officials to speed
expansion efforts in that country. Wal-Mart has said it’s cooperating with the
Justice and SEC inquiries. Read more.
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