Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has named partner Mundo de la Fuente (Houston) as its 2023 representative to the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) Fellows Program and associates Ami Jani (Seattle) and Ashley Song (Orange County) as members of this year’s LCLD Pathfinder Program. Launched in 2011, LCLD’s […]

Dhaka, Bangladesh: The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Secretariat signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) today in Dhaka. IFPRI, with support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and the BIMSTEC Secretariat, is conducting research […]

Countries: Bangladesh, Myanmar Source: International Organization for Migration The fire was first reported at 2:45 pm local time on Sunday, and IOM immediately mobilized response teams to assist the refugees and bring the situation under control, together with local authorities.

A long-awaited United Nations High Seas Treaty to protect the world’s oceans was approved following late-night meetings in New York on Saturday, leading delegates to celebrate a hard-won victory in negotiations that first began in 2004. “Ladies and gentlemen, the ship has reached the shore,” said Rena Lee of Singapore, […]

Country: Vanuatu Source: International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies Hundreds of thousands of people in Vanuatu are estimated to be affected after two massive category 4 cyclones slammed across the island nation within 24 hours.

Together with Fisk University, Meharry Medical College, and ACC Tennessee, the K&L Gates Health Care Fraud group recently hosted the inaugural Southeastern Health Care Fraud Symposium in Nashville, Tennessee. The Symposium began with a panel discussion hosted at the firm’s Nashville office. Panelists included Michael Granston, Deputy Assistant Attorney General […]