The global wildlife trade leaves misery in its wake and continues to despoil natural ecosystems at an alarming rate. Yet just how colossal it is may come as a surprise. In just two decades from 1998 and 2018, say researchers from Hong Kong and Singapore, more than 420 million wild […]

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY On 26 April 2021, draft Payment and Electronic Money Institution Insolvency Regulations (Regulations) were brought before the UK Parliament for approval. They will introduce a new special administration regime for insolvent payment institutions (PIs) and electronic money institutions (EMIs). The key purposes of the Regulations are to ensure […]

May 4, 2021 In the News India Why the world needs another food summit (The Christian Science Monitor) COVID-19 Food Systems Nutrition Social Protection Christian Science Monitor published an article on how a rise in hunger from the pandemic has forced a need to rethink the global food system. India offers one example […]

Country: Nepal Source: CARE The second wave is proving far worse than the first with an alarming 47% of COVID tests positive. More than 400,000 cases have been recorded in Nepal with more than 9,000 new cases on 10 May alone.

A federal judge in Washington, D.C. has ruled that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) exceeded its authority in issuing a nationwide eviction moratorium aimed at protecting renters facing hardship in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.  In a twenty-page decision,1 U.S. District Judge Dabney L. Friedrich recognized that […]

Frankfurt – Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added Dr. Jens Steger as a partner in the antitrust, competition, and trade regulation practice. He joins K&L Gates’ Frankfurt office from Simmons & Simmons LLP, where he was coordinating the firm’s antitrust and competition practice.   Steger focuses on German […]