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Labor/Employment,
Corporate

Oct. 6, 2020

Conservative group sues to block California’s newest board diversity law

Assembly Bill 979 requires publicly-held companies that are headquartered in California to have at least one member on their board of directors come from an underrepresented community by the end of 2021.

Conservative group sues to block California's newest board diversity law

A conservative activist organization has filed its second lawsuit challenging California's laws on corporate board membership quotas, days after one of the laws in question was signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom.

Assembly Bill 979 requires publicly-held companies that are headquartered in California to have at least one member on the...

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