Reflections by Norberto Farekatde Maribba and the Confederación Indígena del Alto Amazonas COIDAM ahead of CBD COP16 Country Colombia Diana Mon, 10/14/2024 – 18:03 Issues Lands, Resources, and Environments Program 5 Main Image By Norberto Farekatde Maribba – Confederación Indígena del Alto Amazonas COIDAM For Indigenous Peoples of the Predio Putumayo […]

What You Need To Know In A Minute Or Less In a minute or less, here is what you need to know about the expanding state of greenwashing litigation being filed against manufacturers, distributors, and retailers of consumer products. Types of Suits Greenwashing litigation—in which plaintiffs allege that companies falsely […]

Chicago – Global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Sarah Riddell as a partner in its Asset Management and Investment Funds (AMIF) practice. Riddell joins the firm’s Chicago office from Morgan Lewis. Riddell regularly advises private fund managers, exchange-traded fund issuers, futures commission merchants, swap dealers, exchanges, and clearinghouses on […]

15 Calls to Action on Indigenous Peoples Day! Country Global jamie Sun, 10/13/2024 – 18:47 Issues Human Rights Program 5 Main Image In the United States, 21 states and Washington, D.C. now celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day, or a holiday of a similar name, on the second Monday of October, as an […]

Part 2—UAE Merger Control vs. EU Merger Regulation On the merger control front, the New Competition Law1 introduced a new turnover threshold, in addition to the existing market share threshold, in the context of regulating economic concentrations (as defined below) between undertakings. The introduction of a turnover threshold is welcome, […]

President Joe Biden marked Earth Day with significant initiatives aimed at advancing clean energy and climate resilience. Speaking in Triangle, Virginia, Biden announced $7 billion in grant funding for solar energy under the Inflation Reduction Act and took further steps to establish the American Climate Corps, a program that has […]

On 12 September 2024, the UK government released the new Trade, Aircraft and Shipping Sanctions (Civil Enforcement) Regulations 2024 (the Regulations), which will come into force on 10 October 2024. The Regulations grant the Office of Trade Sanctions Implementation (OTSI) new civil enforcement powers against breaches of trade sanctions. They […]