Executive Summary On 12 July 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) adopted amendments to Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act) (the Final Rule), which governs the structure and operation of money market funds (MMFs). The amendments, which were first proposed […]

Best Lawyers, a peer review guide to the legal profession, has recognized more than 300 K&L Gates lawyers in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America for outstanding professional excellence, and 90 of the firm’s lawyers in the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America, a list which recognizes lawyers who are […]

Less than a year out from the European elections, a scrambling EU has seen its Green Deal enter its “twilight days” in recent weeks. The early optimism following the Commission’s unveiling of this ambitious legislative agenda in late 2019 has faded bitterly, with the juggernaut centre-right European People’s Party (EPP) […]

Executive Summary Newly proposed rules (the Predictive Analytics Rules1) will, if adopted as proposed, require broker-dealers and investment advisers (firms) to: (i) identify conflicts of interests when using certain technology in interactions with “investors”; and (ii) adopt policies and procedures that eliminate or neutralize (rather than disclose or mitigate) those […]

Major cities across the world – Chennai, Nairobi and Mexico City among them – rely on tanker trucks to provide or supplement water resources, but these mobile tanker water markets (TWM) aren’t well understood and there’s little data on their impacts. A new study on these oft-illegal water deliveries in […]

Emma Staff/Board Photo /sites/default/files/2023-08/IMG_7700%20%282%29.jpg agnes Wed, 08/16/2023 – 12:27 Staff/Board Category Staff Emma Hahn, Development Associate, graduated from Beloit College with a degree in International Relations, Japanese Language and Culture, and Museum Studies. Before joining Cultural Survival, she worked for a non-profit in development and annual giving. Emma enjoys going […]