On September 8, 2020, Judge Gregory Woods of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York struck down the heart of the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) final rule revising DOL regulations on joint employer status under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).1 The final rule (available […]

Orange County – Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added Mincheol Kim as a partner in the IP procurement and portfolio management practice. He joins K&L Gates’ Orange County office from Knobbe Martens, and is accompanied in his move by associate Nathan Lee and patent agent Hank Lee.  Kim […]

By External SourceSep 14 2020 (IPS-Partners) Come to the table, with a willingness to share and be vulnerable: This video is the second in a 3 part series hearing directly from Monitoring Evaluation and Learning practitioners within the Pacific region and their experience of using Pacific approaches in their work. […]

Countries: Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger Source: International Committee of the Red Cross The rise in fighting is jeopardizing access to basic services, including health care, and affecting a fragile economy even as COVID-19 poses new threats across Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger.

Research Post September 14, 2020 COVID-19: The virus will mostly spare young children; the economic crisis will not Marie Ruel Derek Headey Steps must be taken now to avert a decades-long nutrition and public health crisis.

As someone that has spent her entire career defending evidence-based science, I am dismayed that too often the scientific facts around the health effects of low dose radiation are ignored. Media stories that seek to mislead the public about the health effects of miniscule amounts of radioactive particles are just […]

The global COVID-19 outbreak has encouraged widespread orders to protect renters and owners of commercial and residential real property. In this 50 state-by-state survey we offer a summary of cities and states that have enacted policies or implemented moratoriums for evictions or foreclosures due to COVID-19. Click here for the full […]