But, after a decade-long program of research, Reicher and Haslam have challenged the conclusions of both.
Around 3, 200 Tennesseans signed a petition urging Mr Haslam to veto the bill.
According to testimony from an anonymous employee, Haslam and Pilot Flying J President Mark Hazelwood allegedly knew about the scheme.
Haslam would not answer a reporter's question about whether he had been involved in meetings where rebate fraud was discussed.
"We hope that Mr. Haslam has the courage to make whole the other companies that his company defrauded, " he said.
An unnamed FBI informant said Haslam in 2007 instituted a monthly ranking of sales representatives based on the profits they generated.
An affidavit unsealed last month shows that a Pilot employee was secretly recorded saying Jimmy Haslam knew what sales people were doing.
Last year, Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam signed into law legislation repealing the state gift tax and phasing out the state estate tax.
Within days of an April 15 FBI raid on Haslam's Knoxville, Tenn.
Jimmy Haslam's brother, Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam, has no role in running the company but has a significant financial stake in the business.
"The hardest thing to do in government is to hold in the reins when times are good, " said Mr. Haslam, a first-term Republican.
In a meeting in which both Haslam (the CEO) and Hazelwood (the President) are present, Hazelwood appears to joke about the manual rebates scheme.
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"The governor will continue to protect the interests and resources of Tennessee, " a spokesman for Republican Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam said in an email.
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Dr David Haslam, of the National Obesity Forum, questioned whether it was realistic to expect people to do two weight training sessions each week.
However, Chudzinski wowed Haslam and Banner during his meeting and the team decided it was time to end their search after nearly 10 days.
As a former minority owner with Pittsburgh, Haslam is very familiar with Whisenhunt, who would come in with an understanding of the AFC North.
The NFL said Friday it had no plans to ask Jimmy Haslam to step aside while the FBI investigates his involvement in the alleged fraud.
Crissy Haslam, the First Lady of Tennessee, is partnering with First Ladies for Healthy Babies to encourage local faith-based community leaders to help Tennessee families.
After meeting with at least seven other candidates, Haslam, who bought the Browns this summer, decided along with CEO Joe Banner that Chudzinski, was ready.
First of all, the Governor of Tennessee, Bill Haslam, is here.
Jimmy Haslam has denied any wrongdoing and has suspended several members of the sales team, but he has declined to identify exactly who has been suspended.
The majority of the gas-station and truck-stop operator is owned by the Haslam family, which founded the company in 1958 and continues to run the company.
Defence solicitor Mark Haslam told Tower Bridge Magistrates' Court that Cookson accepted his behaviour was "irresponsible", saying it was "a prank that had gone horribly wrong".
Dr David Haslam, clinical director of the National Obesity Forum, said he welcomed any scheme to tackle obesity but questioned whether it was targeting young enough children.
But then he began to "help" his friends with their homes Bryan Ferry's house "done" by Mr. Haslam appeared in the first edition of the World of Interiors.
Governor Bill Haslam has put your state in the national spotlight and, for once, it has nothing to do with Bonnaroo or how bad the Titans are.
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Photographer Simon Upton, who shot Haslam's country house for our April 2011 issue, has known Haslam for a long time, having photographed a lot of his work.
But Mr Haslam said his client had been made an example of following a series of similar incidents by passers-by, including the throwing of food and golf balls.
He was viewed by many as a longshot for the job, not because he wasn't qualified, but Haslam figured to make a big splash with his first coaching hire.
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