IN A NUTSHELL 🚀 Mark Zuckerberg is shifting from the metaverse to an ambitious pursuit of superintelligent AI, investing billions to surpass human cognition. 💼 Meta collaborates with Alexandr Wang’s Scale AI, investing $14 billion and offering lucrative salaries to attract top researchers. ⚠️ The pursuit of superintelligence is controversial, […]

Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has been ranked in nearly 35 practice areas in The Legal 500 United States 2025 edition, with the firm’s accolades including a Tier 1 ranking in the Shipping – litigation and regulation category. The edition also recommends 130 K&L Gates lawyers as leading practitioners. Published annually, The Legal […]

IN A NUTSHELL 🌊 Europe is on the brink of transforming its energy sector by harnessing green hydrogen from the North Sea. 💨 Offshore wind farms are expected to generate up to 300 gigawatts of power, fueling the production of clean hydrogen through electrolysis. 🔧 Technological advancements, such as the […]

On 9 June 2025, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche released a memo (the Blanche Memo)1 detailing the long-awaited enforcement guidelines on how the Department of Justice (DOJ) under Attorney General Pam Bondi will enforce the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).2 In the lead up to the Blanche Memo, many wondered whether the new […]

Best Lawyers®, a peer reviewed guide to the legal profession, has listed more than 35 K&L Gates lawyers in the 2026 editions of its guides, covering France and Germany. Additionally, nearly 10 of the firm’s lawyers were named to Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch. This award highlights the careers of […]

IN A NUTSHELL 🌌 President Kennedy’s vision of nuclear propulsion in space remains largely unfulfilled, but today’s renewed interest aims to change that. 🚀 Modern initiatives, like the DRACO program, are working to develop nuclear thermal rockets to significantly reduce travel times to Mars. 🔍 Commercial entities are collaborating with […]

In Brief The Australian Treasury and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has released a consultation paper in which it proposes a full cost recovery regime for application fees under Australian’s new mandatory merger clearance regime.  The Australian Government is consulting briefly about the proposed fee structure prior to […]