Chambers and Partners has ranked K&L Gates LLP and 35 of its lawyers as local and regional leaders in their fields of practice in the 2023 edition of the Chambers Global guide. This includes rankings of the firm and its lawyers in 26 practice categories across 16 countries and regions. […]

Photo: Pixabay/Kanenori  Climate change and other environmental stresses like water pollution are posing existential threats to coral reefs. However, some of these reefs may well have a fighting chance that can enable them to survive for decades to come. This is according to scientists at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel […]

On 3 February 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division (Division) announced significant changes to its review of companies’ information sharing practices, withdrawing three policy statements that previously outlined safe harbors for information sharing in the healthcare industry, but indicating that the increased scrutiny would apply to other industries […]

As blockchain and nonfungible tokens (NFTs) are still new technologies, their legal infrastructure is still developing, creating potential vulnerabilities. Three such vulnerabilities in the NFT space were exposed in our previous article, “NFT Licensing: Three Mistakes to Avoid” (available here): (1) the absence of any license, (2) unenforceable implementations of […]

Washington, D.C. – Global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Matt Leggett, former minority chief counsel with the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, as a partner in the Washington, D.C., office. He joins the firm’s Public Policy and Law practice, which also recently added former U.S. Congressman Mike Doyle in […]