Corporate,
Civil Litigation
Dec. 3, 2021
Women on boards quota law is voluntary, state official testifies
Despite the wording of the statute that lists requirements for certain numbers of women on boards, and references to penalties for failure to comply and disclose, Secretary of State’s office official Betsy Bogart testified it is voluntary because no penalties have yet been imposed.
LOS ANGELES -- The secretary of state has no plans to issue fines against companies that do not comply with the California law requiring a minimum number of women on their boards, at least for now, a state official testified Thursday.
Betsy Bogart, the secretary of state's chief of business programs who is tasked with overseeing the implementation of Senate Bill 826, took the stand on the second day of a bench trial on the constitutionalit...
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