Chambers Greater China Region 2025 guide has ranked K&L Gates and its lawyers for their work across six of the firm’s core practice areas. To view the firm’s Asia rankings beyond Greater China, please see the Chambers Asia-Pacific 2025 results, released in December 2024. Published annually, Chambers and Partners rankings […]

The California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, in Leeper v. Shipt, Inc., No. B339670, 2024 WL 5251619 (Cal. Ct. App. Dec. 30, 2024) (Leeper) issued a significant decision benefiting employers seeking to enforce arbitration agreements in cases involving the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA). Ever since Balderas v. Fresh […]

The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2025 edition has ranked K&L Gates and twenty-six lawyers for their work across the firm’s nine core practice areas in eight jurisdictions. Published annually, The Legal 500 rankings highlight the practice area teams and practitioners that provide the most cutting-edge and innovative advice to corporate […]

Resisting Lithium Mining and Strengthening Food Sovereignty: Quilombola Community in Girau, Brazil Country Brazil agnes Wed, 01/15/2025 – 11:34 Issues Human Rights Languages and Cultures Lands, Resources, and Environments Program 5 Main Image By Xiting Tong (CS Intern) “Resisting the ‘avalanche’-like encroachment of the lithium mining industry is not only a […]

What You Need to Know in a Minute or Less Throughout 2024, we published three series highlighting emerging and evolving trends in litigation. From generative AI to ESG litigation, our lawyers continue to provide concise, timely updates on the issues most critical to our clients and their businesses. In a […]

Global law firm K&L Gates LLP successfully represented Ocean Harvesters, the owner and operator of more than 30 fishing vessels in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico, and related defendants in a qui tam whistleblower lawsuit brought by two relators alleging violations of the False Claims Act. The United […]

In our earlier alert on third-party funding (TPF) and the UK Supreme Court’s decision in PACCAR, we discussed the initial industry reaction, subsequent litigation, and legislative reform proposals (at the time, through the remit of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (DMCC Bill) – introduced by the former, Conservative […]