IN A NUTSHELL 🌍 What is sustainability and why it matters in 2026: sustainability has shifted from an ethical narrative to an operational imperative—driven by tighter regulation, investor scrutiny and customer expectations—so organizations must treat it as an operating discipline that generates defensible evidence, not only bold promises. 📄 The […]

With the advent of the new year, regulated entities will be watching to see how US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA) will implement its December 2025 Memorandum on Reinforcing a “Compliance First” Orientation for Compliance Assurance and Civil Enforcement Activities. The memo reflects a shift […]

Legal 500 has ranked K&L Gates and its lawyers as local and regional leaders in their respective practice areas in the 2026 edition of The Legal 500 Asia Pacific. This includes 43 practice rankings for the firm, and nearly 140 lawyer recommendations in 40 categories across 10 jurisdictions. Published annually, […]

While the pace of amendments and rule changes from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) slowed in 2025 with the change in presidential administration and the appointment of new SEC Chair Paul S. Atkins, we have seen fundamental changes in policy and other developments that public companies will need […]

On 7 January 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order (EO) aimed at limiting and preventing certain large defense contractors from conducting stock buybacks, issuing dividends, and awarding executive compensation. The order, titled “Prioritizing the Warfighter in Defense Contracting,” directs the Secretary of War to identify defense contractors that […]

Global law firm K&L Gates LLP served as legal counsel to Lightwave Logic, Inc., a technology platform company leveraging its proprietary electro-optic (EO) polymers to transmit data at higher speeds with less power in a small form factor, in connection with an underwritten public offering of its common stock.  Lightwave […]

Indigenous Leaders from Asia and Africa Unite in Kathmandu to Confront the Climate Change Crisis Country Nepal agnes Mon, 01/12/2026 – 11:23 Issues Human Rights Languages and Cultures Program 5 Main Image By Dev Kumar Sunuwar (Koĩts-Sunuwar, CS Staff) Indigenous leaders and rights activists from Asia and Africa gathered in […]