Companies frowning at California’s mandatory board diversification requirement found a legal wrinkle in their efforts to undo the new law—shareholders now being emboldened to sue the state.

State efforts to pass environmental justice legislation this year have been a “glass half full,” but still better than federal efforts so far, advocates say.

Psychedelics are following cannabis into the mainstream of medicine, with Texas and Connecticut enacting laws this month allowing research into how psilocybin, the active ingredient in “magic mushrooms” might help people with post-traumatic stress disorder.

Senate Republicans blocked Democrats’ expansive overhaul of U.S. election laws from advancing to the chamber floor, dealing the Democratic majority a defeat on a chief 2020 campaign promise and underscoring their limited power in a chamber evenly split between the two political parties.

The proposed $30 billion merger of insurance brokerage giants Aon Plc and Willis Towers Watson Plc would create the world’s largest outsourced investment management firm.

On this episode of On The Merits, Bloomberg Law’s Meghan Tribe talks about Big Law’s latest salary increases for associates and whether this competition for legal talent is sustainable.