Victoria has introduced the Occupational Health and Safety (COVID-19 Incident Notification) Regulations 2020 (Notification Regulation) requiring an employer to notify WorkSafe Victoria immediately of the following circumstances: The employer is aware: an employee;  an independent contractor; or an employee of an independent contractor;  has a confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19 and […]

Hong Kong – Global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Sook Young Yeu, Scott Peterman, and William Ho as partners in the firm’s integrated funds and private equity practices. The trio joins K&L Gates’ Hong Kong office from Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP – where Yeu served as administrative partner […]

Research Post August 3, 2020 Farmers’ responses to warming early in growing seasons can affect yields Yanyan Liu Emily Wu Decisions on fertilizer and pesticide use impact crops and finances.

Country: Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Source: UN News Service La crisis de la pandemia en América Latina ha hecho que miles de personas decidan regresar al país, donde está aumentando la transmisión comunitaria del virus en medio de una crisis humanitaria preexistente.

Some 1 billion scrap tires are produced around the world each year, but only a small percentage of all those tires get recycled. Most of the rest end up as plastic waste. Now scientists in Australia have come up with a solution as to what to do with all those unwanted […]

Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has again been ranked among the very top law firms in AirFinance Journal’s 2020 Legal Survey, with this year’s edition recognizing K&L Gates as the most active law firm for structured lease transactions and for sales and purchases of aircraft, as well as the […]