Businessman Sues California Over Sex-Based Corporate Affirmative Action

Businessman Sues California Over Sex-Based Corporate Affirmative Action
Secretary of State of California Alex Padilla speaks at Pershing Square in Los Angeles on Jan. 20, 2018. Amanda Edwards/Getty Images for The Women's March Los Angeles
Matthew Vadum
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A businessman is suing California in federal court over a 2018 social-justice law that by 2020 will force all publicly traded companies headquartered or incorporated in the state to have at least one woman on their board of directors.

The lawsuit, cited as Meland v. Padilla, was filed Nov. 13 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California.