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2025 Environmental and Social Developments

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2025 is off to a fast start with several changes in the legal landscape of the environmental and social (E&S) categories of ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance). This alert highlights key E&S developments thus far in...more

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Sustainability and ESG Advisory Practice Update, October 2023

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We are pleased to share the October 2023 issue of Wilson Sonsini's Sustainability and ESG Advisory Practice Update. Each issue combines news, key legal developments, and resources related to sustainability and environmental,...more

Proskauer - Corporate Defense and Disputes

Federal Court Invalidates California’s Board-Diversity Statute

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A California federal court held that a California statute requiring California-based corporations to have a minimum number of directors from designated under-represented groups violates the federal Constitution’s Equal...more

Proskauer - Corporate Defense and Disputes

New Study Finds Trickle-Down Effect from Board Diversity

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A new study has found that diversity on corporate boards of directors leads to statistically significant increases in the representation of under-represented groups at the manager and staff level. The study – “Do Diverse...more

Snell & Wilmer

California’s Board and Ethnic Diversity Statutes Declared Unconstitutional

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In a ruling on April 1, 2022, a Superior Court in the County of Los Angeles invalidated Assembly Bill 979 (“AB 979”), a California bill requiring increased diversity on public company boards, which was signed into law by...more

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Court Finds California Board Gender Diversity Statute Unconstitutional

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On May 13, the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, issued a verdict following a bench trial that effectively struck down SB 826, a California statute requiring the boards of public corporations based in the...more

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints

California Court Strikes Down Board Diversity Law: Now What?

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Jen Rubin, chair of Mintz’s ESG practice group, looks at the recent California court decision striking down the state’s law mandating corporate board seats for underrepresented communities. She says boards still need to...more

Proskauer - Corporate Defense and Disputes

Court Invalidates California Board-Diversity Statute

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A California court invalidated a state law requiring that boards of directors of public companies based in California include members from under-represented groups, including persons of several races and ethnic groups and...more

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