What You Need to Know in a Minute or Less Until recently, state regulators largely deferred to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to scrutinize and regulate contaminants in food, such as heavy metals. In the past several years, however, states have taken an increasingly active role in regulating […]

Global law firm K&L Gates LLP advised Ruanyun Edai Technology Inc., a leading artificial intelligence (AI) technology company focused on K-12 education in China, on its initial public offering of 3,750,000 ordinary shares at a public offering price of US$4.00 per share, for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately US$15 million. […]

On 28 April 2025, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the agency’s upcoming plans to address Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS). This marks the new administration’s most significant announcement related to PFAS since President Donald Trump returned to office, and EPA indicated there will be “more to come” […]

Effective 1 December 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) will implement comprehensive nationwide regulations aimed at increasing transparency and combating money laundering in the United States residential real estate sector. These regulations were set forth in the final rule 89 Fed. Reg. 70258 (Final Rule) published on 29 August 2024, by […]

Brisbane – Global law firm K&L Gates welcomes Tanya Denning as a partner in the Energy, Infrastructure, and Resources practice. She joins the firm’s Brisbane office from Baker McKenzie, where she was the Brisbane office managing partner and co-head of the Australian Energy team. For over 20 years, Denning has […]

“Our Land Is Our Livelihood”: Jackson M. Shaa and the Enduring Struggle of the Narasha Maasai Country Kenya agnes Tue, 05/06/2025 – 11:09 Issues Human Rights Program 5 Main Image By Lucas Kasosi (Maasai, CS Intern) In the southern Rift Valley of Kenya, beyond the steaming geothermal fields, fenced-off national parks, […]

Federal In the first few months of the second Trump presidency, the Administration has taken steps to roll back environmental justice (EJ) considerations in federal decision making. This included a flurry of executive orders (EOs) issued in his first hours and days in office, which effectively rescinded all federal EJ […]