Judge delivers fatal blow to California’s board diversity mandate

A state judge delivered a verdict on Friday striking down a California law that mandated women be given seats on company boards, according to court documents.

Superior Court of California Judge Maureen Duffy-Lewis struck down the law on the basis that it violated the state constitution’s equal protection clause in a verdict. The judge’s ruling stated that the defendants failed to show the law was “remedial” to victims of discrimination.

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