The Guangzhou Internet Court in China (Court) recently released its judgment under the Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL) (Case No.: (2022) Yue 0192 Min Chu No. 6486) (Judgment), setting a crucial reference in cross-border data transfers of personal information from China. It is said that this is the first court […]

  Two U.S. Navy pilots who tragically lost their lives in a jet crash near Mount Rainier, Washington, had recently completed a deployment in the Middle East, where they played critical roles in missions targeting Houthi forces in Yemen. The pilots, identified as Lt. Cmdr. Lyndsay P. Evans, 31, and […]

Stop Ambler Road: The River Is Our Bread and Butter Country United States Diana Fri, 10/25/2024 – 15:57 Issues Lands, Resources, and Environments Program 5 Main Image By Xiting Tong (CS intern) “That copper mining, they use cyanide, and that’s extremely toxic. And they’re going to build a tailings pond […]

In the October edition of The Essentials, we summarize key provisions of California employment laws that took effect in 2024 and those that will take effect in 2025. Where our team previously published alerts on a particular law, we link those alerts below. AB-594: State Prosecution for California Labor Code (Labor […]

Global law firm K&L Gates LLP represented the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors through trial in a bankruptcy case brought against iCap, a real estate investment firm. A judge who oversaw the trial in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Washington found that iCap operated as a […]

What Are Our Indigenous Youth Fellows Up To? Country Global Diana Fri, 10/25/2024 – 15:07 Issues None Program 5 Main Image Sabou Doumbia (Bambara), Mali  Sabou is a computer scientist with a degree from the Institute of Applied Science and Technology in Bamako, Mali. In addition to her expertise in […]

Anyone interested in unsolved murders and disappearances will find much to study in Sri Lanka. Fifteen to twenty years ago, the country made global headlines, not only for the government’s military offensive against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) guerrillas but also for the numerous murders of journalists. The […]