body {
        margin: 0;
        padding: 0;
        font-family: "Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif !important;
    /*      font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif;*/
          color: var(--text-color) !important;
            /*  color: #666;*/
        font-size: 14px !important;
        font-weight: 500 !important;
        -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased !important;
        -moz-osx-font-smoothing: grayscale !important;
    }

    header, footer {
        background: #f5f5f5;
        padding: 10px;
        text-align: center;
    }

    #content {
        padding: 20px;
    }

    body.kBlog .container {
        max-width: 1080px;
    }

    :root {
      --primary-color: #00857d;
      --primary-transparent: rgba(0,133,125,.63);
      --secondary-color: #212322;
      --link-color: #165275;
/*      --text-color: #333;*/
      --text-color: #666;
      --light-bg: #f8f9fa;
      --color-for-headers: #333333;
    }

    h2 {
        font-size: 26px;
    }

    h2.mb-4 {
        font-weight: 300;
    }
    
    .top-header {
      background-color: var(--secondary-color);
      color: white;
      padding: 0.5rem 0;
      font-size: 0.875rem;
    }
    
    .main-header {
      padding: 1.5rem 0;
      box-shadow: 0 2px 10px rgba(0,0,0,0.1);
    }
    
    .navbar-nav .nav-link {
      font-weight: 500;
      padding: 0.5rem 1rem;
    }
    
    .language-switcher {
      display: flex;
      align-items: center;
    }
    
    .language-switcher img {
      margin-right: 0.5rem;
      height: 16px;
      width: auto;
    }
    
    .hero-slider {
      position: relative;
      height: 600px;
      overflow: hidden;
    }
    
    .hero-slide {
      height: 600px;
      background-size: cover;
      background-position: center;
      position: relative;
    }
    
    .hero-slide::before {
      content: '';
      position: absolute;
      top: 0;
      left: 0;
      right: 0;
      bottom: 0;
/*      background: rgba(0,0,0,0.4);*/
    }
    
    .hero-slide-content {
      position: relative;
      z-index: 2;
      max-width: 1050px;
      margin: 0 auto;
      text-align: center;
      padding: 2rem;
      color: white;
    }

    .hero-slide-content h2 {
        background: var(--primary-transparent);
        padding: 32px;
    }
    
    .info-box {
      padding: 2rem;
      text-align: center;
      transition: all 0.3s ease;
      height: 100%;
    }
    
    .info-box:hover {
      transform: translateY(-10px);
      box-shadow: 0 10px 20px rgba(0,0,0,0.1);
    }
    
    .info-box img {
      max-width: 80px;
      margin-bottom: 1.5rem;
    }
    
    .info-box h3 {
      margin-bottom: 1rem;
    }
    
    .section-heading {
      text-align: center;
      margin-bottom: 3rem;
    }
    
    .fullwidth-banner {
      background-color: var(--primary-color);
      color: white;
      padding: 4rem 0;
      text-align: center;
    }
    
    .practice-area {
      padding: 1.5rem;
      transition: all 0.3s ease;
    }
    
    .practice-area:hover {
      background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.1);
    }
    
    .practice-area h4 {
      font-size: 1.2rem;
      margin-bottom: 0;
    }
    
    .practice-area a {
      color: white;
      text-decoration: none;
    }
    
    .practice-area a:hover {
      text-decoration: underline;
    }
    
    .dark-section {
      background-color: var(--secondary-color);
      color: white;
      padding: 5rem 0;
    }
    
    .startup-section {
      padding: 5rem 0;
      background-color: var(--light-bg);
    }
    
    footer {
      background-color: var(--secondary-color);
      color: white;
      padding: 4rem 0 2rem;
      margin-top: 4rem;
    }

    div#heroCarousel a.btn.btn-outline-light.btn-lg {
        background-color: var(--secondary-color);
        color: white;
        font-size: 14px;
        padding: .7rem 1.5rem;
        text-transform: uppercase;
        border-radius: 0;
        border: unset;
    }

    div#heroCarousel a.btn.btn-outline-light.btn-lg:hover {
        color: var(--secondary-color);
        background-color: white;
    }

    section a.btn.btn-primary {
        background-color: var(--secondary-color);
        font-size: 13px;
        padding: .9em 1.5em;
        border-radius: 0;
        text-transform: uppercase;
    }

    section a.btn.btn-link {
        color: var(--secondary-color);
        font-size: 14px;
        text-decoration: none;
    }
    
    .footer-heading {
      margin-bottom: 1.5rem;
      font-size: 1.2rem;
      font-weight: 600;
    }
    
    .footer-links {
      list-style: none;
      padding: 0;
      margin: 0;
    }
    
    .footer-links li {
      margin-bottom: 0.75rem;
    }
    
    .footer-links a {
      color: rgba(255,255,255,0.8);
      text-decoration: none;
    }
    
    .footer-links a:hover {
      color: white;
      text-decoration: underline;
    }
    
    .footer-contact img {
      width: 18px;
      margin-right: 10px;
    }
    
    .footer-bottom {
      border-top: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.1);
      padding-top: 2rem;
      margin-top: 3rem;
      text-align: center;
    }

    #GPLegalAreas_of_Practice {
        background-image: url('/images/pages/home/Areas%20of%20Practice.webp');
    }

    .kIndustries-BG {
        background-image: url(/images/pages/home/Industries-high.webp);
        height: 37rem;
        max-height: 60vh;
        background-size: cover;
        background-repeat: no-repeat;
        background-position: center;
    }

    .kBoxedFilled, 
    .kBoxedFilled .col-lg-6 {
        padding: 0;
        margin: 0;
    }

    main#content {
      min-height: 70vh;
    }

    footer {
      text-align: left;
    }

    h3 a {
        color: var(--color-for-headers) !important;
        font-size: 22px !important;
        font-weight: 500 !important;
    }



/*    .com-content-category-blog__items.blog-items.columns-3 .com-content-category-blog__item.blog-item {
        float: left;
        width: 30%;
    }*/

    .com-content-category-blog__items.blog-items.columns-3 {
        display: grid;
        grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr);
        grid-gap: 2em;
    }

    .com-content-category-blog__items.blog-items.columns-3 figure.left.item-image img {
        width: 100% !important;
        height: auto !important;
    }

    .com-content-category-blog__item.blog-item {
        padding: 0 1em 0 1em;
    }


    .com-content-category-blog__items.blog-items.columns-3 h2 a {
        text-decoration: none;
        color: var(--secondary-color);
        font-size:24px;
    }

    .container.kArticleContainer a {
        text-decoration: none;
        color: var(--secondary-color);
    }

    a.btn.btn-secondary {
        background: var(--secondary-color);
    }

    .category-description {
        margin: 0 auto;
        padding: 3em;
    }

    body.kBlog #content {
    padding: 0;
    }

    body.kBlog .com-content-category-blog.blog {
        padding: 0;
    }

    .com-content-article.item-pagekBlog {
        padding: 0;
    }


    body.kBlog .container.kDescription {
        margin-top: -80px;
        position: relative;
        background: white;
        padding-left: 4em;
        padding-right: 4em;
    }

/*    body.kBlog ul {
        padding-left: 3em;
    }*/

    .container-fluid.kQuote {

        min-height: 200px;
        padding-top: 80px;
        text-align: center;
        margin: auto;
        background: #ededed;
        padding-bottom: 80px;

    }
    p.kText10 {
        font-size: 30px;
        max-width: 800px;
        text-align: center;
        margin: auto;
    }

    .category-header-bg .category-header-content {
        margin: auto;
        text-align: center;
        color: white;
    /*    padding-top: 11em;*/
/*        padding-top: 6em;*/
        padding-top: 14vh;
    }

    .category-header-bg .category-header-content h1 {
        font-size: 46px;
        font-weight: 300;
    }

    .category-header-bg .category-header-content h2 {
        font-size: 18px;
        font-style: italic;
    }

    .kContainer.kCenter {
      margin: auto;
      text-align: center;
      padding-top: 30px;
    }

    body#kID129 .kContainer a,
    body#kID136 .kContainer a
    {
      color: #666;
    }

    body#kID129 .kContainer p,
    body#kID136 .kContainer p
    {
      color: #00857d;
    }


    p#GPLegalAddress {
        color: #666 !important;
    }
        
    
    
    body#kID129 .kArticleContainer h4,
    body#kID136 .kArticleContainer h4 {
        color: #333;
    }

/*    footer {
        text-align: center;
    }*/

    footer .language-switcher {
        display: inline-block;
    }

    footer a {
        text-transform: capitalize;
    }

    .container.kArticleContainer h1 {
        padding-left: 2.5rem;
        padding-right: 2rem;}

    .com-content-article p {
        color: #666;
        padding: 0 2.5rem;
    }

    .container.kDescription p,
    .com-content-category-blog.blog p{
      color: #666;
    }

    .container.kArticleContainer h1 {
        padding-bottom: 20px;
    }

    .container.kArticleContainer ul {
      padding-left: 6em;
      color: #666;
    }

      #content a,
      .com-content-category-blog.blog a {
        color: #2d3743;
    }
    
    .com-content-category-blog.blog p.readmore a {
        color: white !important;
      }

    body#kID131 h2.mb-4.kfs20.kw80.kmauto, 
    body#kID101 h2.mb-4.kfs20.kw80.kmauto,
    section.py-0.kBoxedFilled h2 {
        font-weight: 500;
    }






/* Pages Background Begins */

    .category-header-bg.practiceareas {
        background-image: url('/images/background-pictures/Areas%20of%20Practice.webp');
        background-size: cover;
        background-position: center center;
        background-repeat: no-repeat;
        height: 350px; /* Adjust height as needed */
        position: relative;
        margin-bottom: 30px;
        width: 100%;
    }

    .category-header-bg.industries {
        background-image: url('/images/background-pictures/Industries.webp');
        background-size: cover;
        background-position: center center;
        background-repeat: no-repeat;
        height: 350px; /* Adjust height as needed */
        position: relative;
        margin-bottom: 30px;
        width: 100%;
    }

    .category-header-bg.careers {
        background-image: url('/images/background-pictures/Careers.webp');
        background-size: cover;
        background-position: center center;
        background-repeat: no-repeat;
        height: 350px; /* Adjust height as needed */
        position: relative;
        margin-bottom: 30px;
        width: 100%;
    }

    .category-header-bg.contactus {
        background-image: url('/images/background-pictures/Contact%20Us.webp');
        background-size: cover;
        background-position: center center;
        background-repeat: no-repeat;
        height: 350px; /* Adjust height as needed */
        position: relative;
        margin-bottom: 30px;
        width: 100%;
    }


    .category-header-bg.teammembers {

        background-repeat: no-repeat;
        /* background-position: center center;*/
        background-size: contain;
        background-position: left top;
/*        height: 470px;*/
        position: relative;
        margin-bottom: 30px;
        width: 100%;
        background-color: #01847c;
        height: 40vh;
        min-height: 230px;
    }


    .category-header-bg.teammembers.no-profile-img {
        max-height: 16rem;
    }

    .category-header-bg.teammembers.no-profile-img .category-header-content {
        padding-top: 5rem;
        padding-left: 0;
    }

    .category-header-bg.howard-greenspoon {
        background-image: url('/images/background-pictures/our-team/Howard%20Greenspoon.webp');

    }

    .category-header-bg.lyanne-winikoff {
        background-image: url('/images/background-pictures/our-team/Lyanne%20Winikoff.webp');
    }

    .category-header-bg.sebastien-dubois {
        background-image: url('/images/background-pictures/our-team/Sebastien%20Dubois.webp');
    }

    .category-header-bg.jonah-batist {
/*        background-image: url('/images/background-pictures/our-team/Jonah-Batist-BG2.webp');*/
        background-image: url('/images/background-pictures/our-team/2025-05-Jonah-Batist-BG2.webp');
    }

    .category-header-bg.peter-chang {
        background-image: url('/images/background-pictures/our-team/Peter-Chang-BG-RO.webp');
    }


    section.kBoxedFilled p.mb-4 {
        max-width: 290px;
        margin: auto;
    }

    section#GPLegalAreas_of_Practice p.lead {
        font-weight: 500;
        font-size: 14px;
    }

    div.kLang a {
        color: white;padding: 0 1em;
        text-decoration: none;
    }



    
/* Pages Background Ends */


    .kArticleContainer {
      padding: 2em 4em 4em 4em !important; 
      margin-top: -80px; 
      position: relative; 
      background: white;
    }





/* Custom styles to enhance the sticky header begins */
/* Sticky header container */

      .top-header, .top-header * {
        z-index: 1030;
      }

    .sticky-wrapper {
      position: sticky;
      top: 0;
      z-index: 1020;
      width: 100%;
      background-color: white;
      box-shadow: 0 2px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
    }

    .logo-img {
      height: 83px;
      width: auto;
      transition: height 0.4s ease;
      margin-bottom: 10px;
      margin-top: 10px;
    }

    /* Scrolled logo size 
        .scrolled .logo-img {
          height: 49px; 
          margin-bottom: 8px;
        }
    */

    /* Initial state of the logo */
    .logo-alignment-container .logo-img {
      transform: scale(1);
      transition: transform 600ms ease;
    }



    /* Use CSS selectors with a header class that gets toggled */
    .scrolled .logo-alignment-container img.logo-img  {
      transform: scale(0.60);
      padding-top:0;
      margin-top:0;
    }

    header.main-header.scrolled nav.navbar.navbar-expand-lg.navbar-light {
        padding-top: 0;
        padding-bottom: 0.5rem;
    }

    .scrolled .logo-alignment-container {
        max-height: 85px;
    }

    /* Header padding adjustments */
    .main-header {
      padding: 1px 0;
/*      transition: all 400ms ease;*/
    }

    .main-header.scrolled {
      padding: 5px 0;
    }

    ul.mod-menu.mod-list.nav li ul {
        display: none;
    }

    .logo-alignment-container {
      text-align: center;
    }


/* Custom styles to enhance the sticky header ends */



/* Menu Begins */
    nav.navbar.navbar-expand-lg.navbar-light {
        padding-bottom: 1rem;
    }


    li.nav-item {
        padding-left: 20px;
    }

/*    nav.navbar {
        padding-top: 25px;
    }

    .main-header.scrolled nav.navbar {
        padding-top: 15px;
    }
*/


    li.nav-item a {
        font-size: 14px;
        /* color: var(--link-color) !important;*/
        color: rgba(2, 2, 2, .81) !important;
        text-decoration: none !important;
        text-transform: uppercase;
    }

    li.nav-item a:hover {
        opacity: 0.7;
        transition: all 0.3s ease;
    }

    .mod-languages__select.btn-group button {
        background: transparent; !important;
    }
/* Menu Ends */

/* Map Begins */
 #map {
      height: 400px;
      width: 100%;
      border-radius: 8px;
      box-shadow: 0 4px 8px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
    }
    .map-container {
      margin-bottom: 20px;
    }
    .directions-link {
      display: inline-block;
      margin-top: 10px;
      text-decoration: none;
      font-weight: 500;
      color: #0d6efd;
      transition: color 0.2s ease;
    }
    .directions-link:hover {
      color: #0a58ca;
      text-decoration: underline;
    }
    .directions-link i {
      margin-right: 5px;
    }
    .map-address {
      margin-bottom: 10px;
      font-weight: 500;
    }
/* Map Ends */


/* Helper Classes Begins */

    .kmw550 {
        max-width: 550px;
    } 

    .kfs20 {
        font-size:20px;
    }

    .kw80 {
        width: 80%;
    }

    .kmauto,
    ul.mod-menu.mod-list.nav  {
        margin: auto;
    }

/* Helper Classes Ends */



/*Animations Begins*/

    .category-header-bg .category-header-content {
      /* Initial state (optional, but good for clarity) */
      transform: translateY(20px); /* Start slightly below */
      opacity: 0; /* Fade in as well (optional) */
      transition: transform 0.3s ease-out, opacity 0.3s ease-out; /* Smooth transition for non-animated states */
    }

    .category-header-bg .category-header-content.slide-up {
      transform: translateY(0); /* Slide up to its normal position */
      opacity: 1; /* Fade in fully */
    }

    /* Keyframes animation (alternative approach for more control) */
    @keyframes slideUpAnimation {
      0% {
        transform: translateY(20px);
        opacity: 0;
      }
      100% {
        transform: translateY(0);
        opacity: 1;
      }
    }

    @keyframes fadeIn {
      from { opacity: 0; }
      to { opacity: 1; }
    }


    .category-header-bg.teammembers .category-header-content {
      animation: slideUpAnimation 800ms ease-out 0.35s forwards; /* Apply the animation */
    }


    /* This rule might be redundant if there are no other opacity settings */
    /* But it can help ensure the final state */
    .category-header-bg.teammembers + .container {
      opacity: 0;
      animation: fadeIn 1200ms ease-in-out 0.35s forwards;
    }


/*Animations Ends*/



/* Responsive breakpoint for tablets */
@media screen and (max-width: 990px) {
/* Responsive breakpoint for tablets */


    button.navbar-toggler.ms-auto {
        position: absolute;
        right: 0;
        top: -3rem;
    }

  img.logo-img.img-fluid {
      max-height: 60px;
      width: auto;
  }
  div#mainNav.navbar-collapse li {
      float: left;
      text-align: left;
      padding-left:2em;
      width: 100%;
  }
  div#mainNav.navbar-collapse ul {
      background: #00857d;
      padding: 2em 0;
      border-top: 3px solid #2d3743;
      top: 7px;
      position: relative;
  }



  ul.mod-menu.mod-list.nav li a {
      color: white !important;
  }

}
@media screen and (max-width: 768px) {
  .com-content-category-blog__items.blog-items.columns-3 {
    grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr); /* 2 columns on tablets */
  }



    .category-header-bg.teammembers {
        background-size: cover;
        background-position: center center;
        background-position-x: -50px;
        max-height: 230px;
    }


    .category-header-bg.teammembers .category-header-content {
        padding-top: 5em;
        padding-left: 5em;
    }

    .category-header-bg.teammembers h1 {
      font-size: 25px;
    }
    .category-header-bg.teammembers h2 {
      font-size: 18px;
    }
    
       



}

/* Responsive breakpoint for mobile phones */
@media screen and (max-width: 480px) {
  .com-content-category-blog__items.blog-items.columns-3 {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr; /* Single column on small phones */
  }


  img.logo-img.img-fluid {
        max-height: 40px;
        width: auto;
    }







}