In a significant reversal of the previous standard set in 2020 granting employers significant leeway in drafting agreements with departing workers, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a recent decision in McLaren Macomb that impacts severance agreements applying to employees in both union and non-union workplaces with some very…

KO client Wave Life, a science-backed mental health platform aimed at supporting Gen Z, recently announced that it has closed on a $6 million seed investment. Sarah Adler, founder/CEO of Wave Life and Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Stanford University, said, “We understand that the major challenges Gen Z…

Women remain underrepresented in the venture capital ecosystem. While female decision makers at venture capital firms and female-founded companies are on the rise, there is still significant progress to be made for underrepresented investors and founders. KO partner Jennifer Rosenthal recently co-founded a women in venture capital group that aims…

NASA recently named KO client Ascent Technology’s SATED product as a finalist for the Deep Space Food Challenge, a public competition to extend the limits of humans in space through food. Boulder-based SATED – which stands for Safe Appliance, Tidy, Efficient, & Delicious – creates a variety of well-known foods…

KO client Superplastic, creator of ‘synthetic celebrities’ Janky and Guggimon, recently announced that it has signed a multi-part deal with Amazon that includes an animated comedy series with Amazon Studios, a first-look arrangement for additional projects, and a financing led by Amazon’s Alexa Fund. According to Superplastic’s founder and CEO…

KO client Sustainable Beverage Technologies (SBT), a growth-oriented company focused on reimagining the beer marketspace through revolutionary technological innovations, recently entered into a strategic and investment partnership with Middleby Corporation, a global leader in the food service industry. SBT develops technologically advanced brewing and dispensing applications, including BrewVo® patented technology,…

Koenig, Oelsner, Taylor, Schoenfeld & Gaddis PC (KO Law Firm) is proud to announce that the firm is celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2023. KO was founded in 2003 by former big law attorneys on the philosophy that a different approach to legal practice management delivers better value and results…

At the start of this year and continuing throughout 2023, several new general data privacy laws in four states (VA, CO, CT, and UT) and the update to California’s comprehensive consumer privacy law started to go into effect, marking a significant shift in the data privacy landscape in the United…