Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Maureen Duffy-Lewis ruled that a California law requiring corporate boards to include women is unconstitutional and violates the right to equal treatment. The California government sees the law as helpful in reversing a culture of discrimination that favors men, and it enacted the law after other measures had failed. The California government has argued that it did not create a quota system where corporate boards could add more women to their boards without stripping men of their seats. The California government acknowledged that the law did nothing. The law requires California-based boss companies to have a woman on their boards by the end of 2019. Boards with five directors will need two women by January 2022, and boards with six and more will need three women. Companies are required by law to report to the government on the composition of their board of directors. According to the latest report, more than half of the companies did not submit disclosure reports.
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