Boards of Directors

The Ninth Circuit revived a suit challenging California Senate Bill 826, which requires public corporations to have a minimum number of women on their boards of directors, finding that the plaintiff, a corporate shareholder, sufficiently alleged the bill encourages him to discriminate based on sex.

SAN FRANCISCO — The Ninth Circuit revived a suit challenging California Senate Bill 826, which requires public corporations to have a minimum number of women on their boards of directors, finding that the plaintiff, a corporate shareholder, sufficiently alleged the bill encourages him to discriminate based on sex.

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