Global law firm K&L Gates LLP secured a win for the Duwamish Tribe in the US District Court for the Western District of Washington. The court ordered the US Department of Interior to reconsider the Tribe’s petition for federal recognition, marking a significant step in the Duwamish Tribe’s ongoing journey. […]
Read MoreWomen vanish from public life under Taliban rule. Credit: Learning Together. By External SourceFeb 7 2025 (IPS) Since the Taliban regained power in Afghanistan in 2021, girls and women have been systematically banned from education, making Afghanistan the only country in the world that denies schooling to girls over the […]
Read MoreOn 23 January 2025, Luxembourg enacted a bill implementing the EU Mobility Directive (2019/2121) for cross-border conversions, mergers and divisions, featuring (i) a harmonised legal framework for these transactions across the European Union, and (ii) a distinct set of rules for transactions not covered by the EU special regime. Transposition […]
Read MoreThe international community must take action to address the CO2 emissions of the carbon aristocracy as climate change analysis makes it clear that there is no alternative. Credit: Bigstock By Philippe BenoitWASHINGTON DC, Feb 6 2025 (IPS) For centuries, innumerable countries were ruled by an entrenched, typically inherited, political class: […]
Read More“Haunted” at the Boston Public Library Addresses Land Back through Native Comedy Theater Country United States agnes Thu, 02/06/2025 – 09:32 Issues Human Rights Languages and Cultures Program 5 Main Image By Hartman Deetz (Mashpee Wampanoag) It all started with a warm and personal invitation to attend the rolling premiere of […]
Read MoreWhat’s Inside This Issue? This edition of the K&L Gates Competition & Consumer Law Round-Up provides a summary of recent and significant updates from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), as well as other noteworthy developments in the competition and consumer law space. If you wish to have any […]
Read MoreOn 28 January 2025, the Acting Chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC or Commission), Andrea Lucas (Acting Chair Lucas) issued a statement announcing that the Commission is returning to its “mission of protecting women from sexual harassment and sex-based discrimination in the workplace by rolling back the Biden […]
Read MoreK&L Gates LLP and 17 lawyers across the firm’s global platform have been recognized among the world’s leading trademark professionals in World Trademark Review’s annual WTR 1000 rankings, a comprehensive survey of leading trademark practitioners in more than 80 key jurisdictions worldwide. As a firm, K&L Gates was ranked in the […]
Read MoreCredit: Hadynya/iStock by Getty Images via International Monetary Fund (IMF) By Constant LonkengPORTO-NOVO, Benin, Feb 4 2025 (IPS) Benin faced a number of negative spillovers in 2022: a deteriorating regional security situation at its northern border, the lingering scars of COVID-19, and higher living costs amid the war in Ukraine. […]
Read MoreThe Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently vacated the Federal Communications Commission’s 2023 “one-to-one consent rule” under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). In Insurance Marketing Coalition, Ltd. v. Federal Communications Commission,1 the Court struck down the order that (1) would have limited businesses’ ability to obtain prior express consent from […]
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