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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The Informed Board - Winter 2025

Boards face a multitude of challenges, and opportunities, with the change in administrations. As we describe in the latest issue of The Informed Board, the new administration is forcing companies to reexamine their approaches...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

ESG: A Review of 2024 and Key Trends To Look for in 2025

In this article, we reflect on key trends in ESG over the second half of 2024 and look ahead at trends that may emerge in 2025. We analyze developments in the latter half of 2024, which were similar to those highlighted in...more

A&O Shearman

Gender diversity on corporate boards - 2024

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What to expect from the new EU Women on Boards Directive, including the practical changes for your management structure and the impact on the national legislation of each Member State. Women continue to be significantly...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Diversifying the Boardroom: What Silicon Valley-Based and Other Large Public Companies Disclosed in 2022

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The intense focus on board diversity from a variety of stakeholders over the last several years has spurred many companies to examine the composition of their boards and to take action to diversify their boardrooms. While the...more

Jenner & Block

Client Alert: Women on Boards Directive – A Crack in the Glass Ceiling, but Does It Go Far Enough?

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Women make up just 30.6% of board directors for the largest listed companies in the European Union (EU). In a bid to “break the glass ceiling of listed companies’ boards,” the European Parliament adopted a new law on 22...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Los Angeles Superior Court Invalidates California Law Requiring Gender Diversity on Company Boards

In Crest v. Padilla, No. 19STCV27561, 2022 WL 1565613 (Cal. Super. May 13, 2022), the Superior Court of California for the County of Los Angeles (Duffy-Lewis, J.) issued a decision following a bench trial finding that Senate...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

California Legislature Passes AB 979 Requiring Public Companies to Add Directors From Underrepresented Communities

On August 31, 2020, the California State Assembly Banking and Finance Committee voted to give final legislative approval to Assembly Bill 979 (AB 979), allowing it to move forward to Governor Newsom for signature or veto on...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

Bills Promoting Board Diversity Advance in Congress

Earlier this month, the U.S. House Financial Services Committee passed, with overwhelming bi-partisan support, three bills to promote gender, racial and ethnic diversity on corporate boards. Although there has been progress...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Corporate Law & Governance Update - April 2019

DIRECTORS AS VENDORS - A new controversy at a large health system highlights the legal and reputational challenges that can arise when directors sell services to the organizations they serve as fiduciaries. According to...more

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