Country: Haiti Source: UN Children’s Fund In less than two weeks, nearly 2,500 people, most of them women and children, have been newly displaced following clashes in the areas of Solino and Gabelliste, in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince.

On 22 January 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced new, increased thresholds and filing fees for transactions requiring premerger notification under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (the HSR Act). Under the adjustments, the minimum “size of transaction” threshold will increase to US$119.5 million from US$111.4 […]

Singapore – K&L Gates Straits Law LLC, the Singapore office of global law firm K&L Gates, welcomes Jason Nelms as a partner in the Asset Management and Investment Funds practice. He joins the firm’s Singapore office from Morrison Foerster, where he was instrumental in building their regional Investment Funds practice. With […]

A major research and policy effort transitions to African leadership.

On Thursday, 14 December 2023, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its Second Annual Progress Report under the 2021 PFAS Strategic Roadmap outlining notable regulatory actions taken on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). 2023 was an active year, including for regulating chemical manufacturing and use under the Toxic Substances […]

Keeping up global momentum.

Global law firm K&L Gates represented parking technology provider ZipBy USA LLC and its corporate parent, Australia-based TMA Group, in a trade secrets, trademark, and breach-of-contract suit against ZipBy’s former chief US executive. Following four years of pretrial proceedings, and trial in December, a jury in the US District Court […]