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Board Diversity Initiatives Falter in the Courts but Investor Interest Is Likely to Remain Strong

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Last year, Superior Courts in Los Angeles County invalidated two California statutes requiring specific diversity mandates for California public company boards (Senate Bill 826 “SB 826” and Assembly Bill 979 “AB 979”). The...more

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Is Your Board Gender Diverse Yet? Washington Public Companies Reminded of Upcoming Board Diversity Requirement

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When the Women on Corporate Boards Act (Section 1 of Substitute Senate Bill 6037) became effective on June 11, 2020, Washington became the second state (after California) to affirmatively address gender diversity on public...more

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Secretary Of State Issues 2020 Women On Boards Report

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The legislation creating California's female director board quota requires the Secretary of State to publish on his Internet website a report no later than March 1, 2020 a report of the following...more

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Top 10 Topics for Directors: Board Diversity

Board Diversity: A Reflection on Improvement and a Look Ahead for the Coming Decade - In the second half of this decade, diversity and inclusion rose to the forefront of top priorities for many companies. Due to evolving...more

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Secretary of State Mails Corporate Filing Reminder

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The California Secretary of State's business programs division is reminding some corporations of their annual filing obligation and California's new female director quota legislation. The reminder is being mailed to...more

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Where Is Your Corporation's Principal Executive Office?

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California's new board gender quota law places great weight on the location of a corporation's principal executive offices. The law applies to a publicly held foreign corporation when its principal executive offices,...more

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Publicly Held Corporations and Publicly Traded Corporations - Non Bis In Idem?

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California's new female director quota requirement applies to publicly held domestic or foreign corporations with their principal executive offices located in California. Cal. Corp. Code §§ 301.3 & 2115.5. California's older...more

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Commissioner Peirce Has Concerns About California's Gender Quota Mandate

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California's gender quota law has attracted a lot of attention, including from at least one member of the Securities and Exchange Commission. At last month's annual conference of the Society for Corporate Governance,...more

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Why The Mandated Report On Female Directors Fails To Provide Meaningful Information

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As noted yesterday, the California Secretary of State published a report on its website concerning publicly domestic or foreign corporations with principal executive offices are located in California. This report was required...more

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California Secretary Of State Issues First Board Gender Quota Report But Is Something Missing?

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Yesterday was the first of several deadlines under California's unprecedented legislation, SB 826, imposing gender quota requirements on all publicly-held domestic or foreign corporations whose principal executive offices are...more

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