Agriculture can help conserve the world’s stressed water resources and make sure we have enough to eat and drink, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said today. In remarks at the opening of the 18th World Water Congress here, FAO Deputy Director-General Maria Helena Semedo said: “By increasing efficiency, reducing negative […]

Responding to the US Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Sackett v. EPA1, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the US Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) published a final rule (Sackett Rule), effective September 8, 2023, defining the term “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) in the Clean Water Act (CWA).2 Notably, this is […]

Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has collaborated with Loyola Law School in Chicago to establish a scholarship honoring the legacy of late longtime Chicago partner Robert “Bob” Connors, who passed away in 2022. The Robert Connors Memorial Scholarship will be awarded to a student interested in intellectual property (IP) law. Connors […]

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On 11 September 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced charges against nine investment advisers for violations of: (i) the hypothetical performance requirements set forth in Advisers Act Rule 206(4)-1 (the Marketing Rule), and (ii) the recordkeeping requirements relating to retention of a copy of each advertisement an adviser […]

Fugitive Danelo Cavalcante was finally taken into custody on Wednesday, two weeks after escaping from a United States prison in the state of Pennsylvania. The prolonged manhunt received tons of media attention before officials successfully tracked Cavalcante with thermal imaging technology and a K-9 unit helped to take him down […]