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A federal court dismissed a suit against a 2018 California law that requires publicly traded corporations to include at least one woman on their board of directors. A shareholder of OSI Systems claimed the law impairs his right to vote for the company’s board of directors but the court ruled he failed to identify a concrete injury under the Equal Protection Clause.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A federal court dismissed a suit against a 2018 California law that requires publicly traded corporations to include at least one woman on their board of directors. A shareholder of OSI Systems claimed the law impairs his right to vote for the company’s board of directors but the court ruled he failed to identify a concrete injury under the Equal Protection Clause.

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