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The academy formally dismissed Dugan on March 2, 2020.
While still interim chief, this April, Mason oversaw the decision by the academy to end the nominations review committees, which Dugan had claimed were rife with conflicts of interest.
4, 2020, two weeks after she was put on leave, that said the academy had waived the confidentiality provision included in the arbitration clause of Dugan’s employment agreement.
During her short tenure, she had questioned why the academy relied on outside counsel, paying an average of $3 million per year in fees, in particular to Katz’s former firm Greenberg Traurig and to Proskauer Rose.
This week, in a major overhaul in the leadership structure, the academy announced that Mason would retain his CEO title and would be joined by two co-presidents, Valeisha Butterfield Jones and Panos A.