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Gender Equality Can’t Wait: Perspectives on Accelerating Action for Women

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For International Women’s Day, we highlight nine leading women from legal and eDiscovery who share their unique perspectives on furthering equity and accelerating action for women....more

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What Holds Women and Girls Back in Science?

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Today, as the world marks the 10th anniversary of the UN International Day of Women and Girls in Science, it's a chance to take stock of where we stand. Back in 2015, the United Nations General Assembly established this day...more

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Time to go back in the box, Barbie

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Wild horses couldn’t have dragged me to see the new Barbie film. But then I saw that a number of commentators from various quarters in the States were criticising the film for being “woke” and “feminist” and even burning...more

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Intentionality: An Essential Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Goal

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As we recognize Black History Month and the Chinese and Vietnamese New Year, it is a great time to take stock at our organizations and all we are doing to foster a diverse, equitable, and inclusive work environment. This is...more

Lathrop GPM

Navigating Considerations of Race and Sex in Scholarships

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Perhaps now more than ever, colleges and universities are undertaking or rejuvenating diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives across their organizations, and many donors are motivated to support such initiatives,...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

December 2021 Diversity Newsletter

Wilson Sonsini is pleased to present the December 2021 edition of the Diversity Newsletter, which includes a recap of our Diversity Summit; feature articles on D.C.-based associate Nikki Smith and Senior Community Affairs...more

Littler

New Dutch Law to Require More Women in Top Jobs

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In September 2021, the Dutch Senate ratified the “Act to ensure a more balanced ratio between men and women on the management and supervisory boards of large public limited and private limited companies,” known as the...more

Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.

Pay Equity In South Carolina - Part 1 Of HSB’s DEI Series

WREN assists employers in tackling gender diversity issues to improve the business of the employer as well as address gender inequalities in the workforce. WREN developed a resource for employers to address their workforce...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Gender Diversity in the Silicon Valley - A Comparison of Large Public Companies and Silicon Valley Companies - 2020 Proxy Season

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Fenwick’s gender diversity survey provides unique insight into women’s participation at the most senior levels of technology and life sciences public companies on the Fenwick – Bloomberg Law Silicon Valley 150 List (SV 150)...more

Morgan Lewis

Report: California Sees Significant Increase in Female Directors After SB 826, but More Needed

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A new report shows that the number of women on California corporate boards has increased 66.5% since 2018 after the state required corporations to have at least one to three female directors by 2021. Despite the significant...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Broadening the Pipeline: How to Increase Diversity in the Financial Services Legal Industry

The year 2020 has been a highly unusual and disruptive year — from the COVID-19 pandemic to natural disasters — our daily lives have changed dramatically. Most notable is the social awakening that has taken place this year...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Global Diversity: A Practical Approach

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Tracking diversity and inclusion efforts on a global basis is often a challenging task for in-house legal, human resources, and diversity and inclusion teams. While employers may be interested in collecting applicants’...more

FordHarrison

Celebrating Black Barbie’s 40th Anniversary and a Workplace D&I Victory

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This year marks the 40th anniversary of Mattel’s very first black Barbie®, which debuted in 1980 and was designed by fashion pioneer Kitty Black Perkins, a native of Spartanburg, South Carolina. Perkins’ hard work and...more

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New Year, New Trend? New York to Require Corporate Reporting on Number of Women on the Board

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New York State recently enacted a new law (A 6330/S 4278) mandating a study of the proportion of female members on the boards of corporations authorized to do business in the state. To implement the study, the law requires...more

The Volkov Law Group

US Board Diversity: Slow-Moving Change

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It is hard to admit it but most boards fall well short in dedicating themselves to ethics and compliance. I have a significant list of concerns – boards do not understand how to oversee and monitor a compliance program;...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Benchmarking California Board Diversity: Even if California’s Law is Blocked, Gender Diversity Initiatives from Stockholders Will...

Providing an up-to-date report card on boardroom gender diversity in California’s largest publicly traded companies, Orrick recently released a study on the state of compliance with a new law mandating at least one female...more

Stinson LLP

California Mandates Gender Diversity on the Boards of Public Companies

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On September 30, 2018, California became the first state to sign into law board gender diversity standards for public companies. Under the new law, public companies headquartered in California must have at least one woman on...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Mandatory Female Representation on Public Company Boards – An Important California Corporate Governance Development

The California Legislature has approved and sent to the Governor for signature a bill ("SB 826") requiring companies incorporated in California and foreign corporations (such as Delaware corporations) headquartered in...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Can Inclusion Riders Force Demographic Proportionality In Hiring?

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Seyfarth Synopsis: With a single utterance at the recent Academy Awards ceremony, “inclusion rider” entered the popular lexicon. That has led many to wonder, “What is an inclusion rider?” The next question, of course, is...more

FordHarrison

Oscars Delve into Legal Territory with Two Words: Inclusion Rider

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At the end of her Oscars acceptance speech for Best Actress this year, Frances McDormand, after having spoken about equality, concluded with the following statement: “I have two words to leave with you tonight, ladies and...more

FordHarrison

Women as Warriors: What Black Panther Teaches Us About Women in the Workplace

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Coming off the heels of a fantastic Blockbuster first few weeks, nearly $900 million made at the box office globally, and premiering during Black History Month, there is no denying that Black Panther is just the start of a...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: Google Now Accused Of Bias Against Women And Men

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Google now finds itself in the unfortunate position of being accused of discrimination against women in pay and promotions and – according to a new complaint filed in California Superior Court – against...more

Stinson LLP

ISS Seeks Comment on Updated Policies Including Gender Pay Gap

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International Shareholder Services (ISS) has made available for public comment certain proposed changes to ISS’ benchmark voting policies for 2018 that could generally become effective for the upcoming proxy season....more

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

Women in the Workplace

Employers interested in attracting and retaining women and promoting greater gender diversity in their executive ranks will be interested in the Wall Street Journal’s Special Report on Women in the Workplace. The Report...more

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