On 1 April, the U.S. Supreme Court (the Court) put to rest the long-simmering dispute between Florida and Georgia over Georgia’s use of water from the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin (the Basin) that Florida contends is destroying its oyster fisheries. In a unanimous decision, the Court sided with Georgia by concluding […]

For a third year, Pallavi Mehta Wahi, Co-United States and Seattle Managing Partner and co-chair of the firm’s India practice, and Raja Bose, Singapore disputes and international arbitration partner, have been included in India Business Law Journal’s (IBLJ) A-List as two of India’s Top 100 Foreign Lawyers for India-related matters. […]

Apr 8, 2021 In the News Myanmar Isolation and fear among Myanmar coffee producers as military coup wears on (Daily Coffee News)  COVID-19 Food Systems Food Prices Daily Coffee News published an article on how the military coup is affecting crops, particularly coffee producers. As actors in a global coffee industry, it is important to recognize […]

Country: Afghanistan Source: Action on Armed Violence Ground-launched weapons accounted for 10% of civilian casualties, whilst airstrikes accounted for 8%; 2019 was the worst year for civilian casualties in Afghanistan, with 4,630 deaths and injuries.

Microplastics have permeated the oceans, carried as they are by currents far and wide across the planet. They are present even in the Mariana Trench, the deepest place on Earth. A similar process has been taking place on the surface of the planet too, with microplastics and larger plastic waste […]

Lawmakers have scheduled their first oversight hearing on the issue of decarbonization in the maritime industry. The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Transportation is slated to meet on Thursday, 15 April, in a hearing titled “Practical Steps Toward a Carbon-Free Maritime Industry: Updates on Fuels, […]