Corporate,
Civil Rights
Nov. 30, 2021
Some women on corporate boards disagree with quotas
Several lawsuits in the Eastern District of California and the Los Angeles County Superior Court are challenging state laws that mandate a quota of women and members of certain racial and sexual minorities on boards of directors.
Several women lawyers who serve on corporate boards say they are conflicted about California's effort to mandate a minimum number of women on boards of most public companies -- but they also say the experience has been professionally rewarding.
"I want the company to want me, not my gender," said DLA Piper partner Anastasia "Stasia" D. Kelly, who serves on two corporate boards. "It puts the wrong umbrella over this whole effort because it b...
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