On 7 January 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order (EO) aimed at limiting and preventing certain large defense contractors from conducting stock buybacks, issuing dividends, and awarding executive compensation. The order, titled “Prioritizing the Warfighter in Defense Contracting,” directs the Secretary of War to identify defense contractors that […]

Global law firm K&L Gates LLP served as legal counsel to Lightwave Logic, Inc., a technology platform company leveraging its proprietary electro-optic (EO) polymers to transmit data at higher speeds with less power in a small form factor, in connection with an underwritten public offering of its common stock.  Lightwave […]

Indigenous Leaders from Asia and Africa Unite in Kathmandu to Confront the Climate Change Crisis Country Nepal agnes Mon, 01/12/2026 – 11:23 Issues Human Rights Languages and Cultures Program 5 Main Image By Dev Kumar Sunuwar (Koĩts-Sunuwar, CS Staff) Indigenous leaders and rights activists from Asia and Africa gathered in […]

Recent developments in Washington point to a decisive shift in US space policy. The swearing in of Jared Isaacman as Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in mid-December, followed closely by Congress rejecting proposed NASA budget cuts and President Donald Trump issuing yet another space-focused executive order, […]

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) issued a final environmental justice (EJ) policy on 3 January 2026.1 The final EJ policy retains the basic structure of the interim final EJ policy published on 16 September 2023,2 on which a fuller discussion can be found here. The EJ policy is an important […]

Hong Kong – Global law firm K&L Gates welcomes Huberta Chow as a partner in the Asset Management and Investment Funds (AMIF) practice. She joins the firm’s Hong Kong office from Broadfield. With nearly two decades of experience advising leading asset managers and institutional investors, Chow brings deep knowledge of […]

Resetting the Foundation: The Living Practice of Tumo’tol in Indonesia Country Indonesia agnes Thu, 01/08/2026 – 12:25 Issues Human Rights Program 5 Main Image By Gerard Tiwow (Minahasa)  “Nowhere in Indonesia has the old culture so fast and so completely disappeared as in the Minahasa”  – Hetty Palm, Ancient Art […]