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The US Government Is Using AI To Detect Potential Wrongdoing, and Companies Should Too With agencies such as the SEC and DOJ using AI and other data analytics tools extensively to detect wrongdoing, companies need to adopt...more

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Client Alert: State Legislators Target Diversity Statements in Latest Effort to Dismantle DEI Initiatives

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As a growing number of state legislatures across the country advance anti-DEI initiatives before the end of their respective legislative sessions, diversity statements are in the crosshairs. Diversity statements began...more

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Diversifying the Boardroom: What Silicon Valley-Based and Other Large Public Companies Disclosed in 2022

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The intense focus on board diversity from a variety of stakeholders over the last several years has spurred many companies to examine the composition of their boards and to take action to diversify their boardrooms. While the...more

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New California Law Becomes First in Nation To Require Diversity on Boards of Public Companies

California has become the first state in the nation to require that publicly held corporations headquartered within its borders include one or more racially or otherwise diverse directors. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly...more

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Global Private Equity Newsletter - Spring/Summer 2019 Edition: Breaking the Mold through Diversity in the Board Room

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Private equity sponsors have typically exited their investments through a sale or public offering. While sales to a strategic or another private equity sponsor predominate, public offerings still represent an attractive...more

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California to Require Inclusion of Female Directors at Public Corporations Based in the State

California has become the first state in the nation to require that publicly held corporations headquartered within the state include female directors on their boards. The new law, signed by Gov. Jerry Brown on September 30,...more

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Will Three Become the New Two? California State Legislature Passes Boardroom Gender Quota Bill

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The California state legislature on August 30, 2018 approved SB 826, a bill which, if signed into law by the state governor, will require public companies headquartered in California to have a minimum number of female...more

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