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LA Superior Court Judge Rules Against California Gender-Based Corporate Board Quota Law

May 16, 2022 4:04 pm

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Maureen Duffy-Lewis ruled late last week that a California law that required a minimum number of women to be on corporate boards in California was unconstitutional, as it violated the right o equal treatment. The...

Calif. for Equal Rights Foundation: San Dieguito School Superintendent ‘Smearing Asian-American Students’

April 26, 2022 11:08 amApril 26, 2022 11:27 am

Californians for Equal Rights Foundation last week called for the San Dieguito Union High School District Board to abstain from dividing students and employees on the basis of race, following a highly contentious incident at the board’s most recent Diversity...

California Diversity Strike Down: Why Most Company Boards Already Met Quotas

April 8, 2022 2:27 amApril 7, 2022 9:10 pm

In the wake of AB 979, the now off-the-books California law that required California-based companies to to have a minimum of minority-appointed Board seats, being tossed out of court in a Superior Court ruling earlier this week, companies have noted...

Judge Tosses Out California Law Mandating Diversity Quotas on Boards

April 4, 2022 9:19 amApril 5, 2022 3:50 pm

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Terry Green tossed out California’s corporate diversity law to require publicly held corporations based in the state to include racial minorities and members of the LGBTQ community on their executive boards, ruling it “unconstitutional.” The...

A Reminder for CA Corporate Boards of Directors of Requirement for Female and LGBTQ Directors

November 29, 2021 2:21 amDecember 1, 2021 3:05 am

Publicly-traded corporations with their principal executive offices in California are reminded of their legal obligations under two California statutes to have specified individuals on their boards of directors. SB 826, by Sen Hannah Beth Jackson (D-Santa Barbara), enacted in 2018,...

Lawsuit Filed Against CA Over Mandatory Minority Board Seat Minimum Law

November 24, 2021 6:14 amNovember 24, 2021 2:06 pm

The National Center for Public Policy Research think tank filed a lawsuit against the state in a District Court on Tuesday, challenging the new state law that mandates a minimal number of board seats of California headquartered public corporations to...

Judicial Watch Files Lawsuit To Halt California’s Mandatory Board Diversity Law

October 6, 2020 3:17 pmOctober 7, 2020 8:45 am

On Monday, the legal group Judicial Watch announced that they filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court to halt a new state law to require a mandatory number of racial minorities on company boards. The Judicial Watch lawsuit against...