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KO client Kailera Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on elevating the next era of obesity care, recently announced positive topline data from two Phase 3 clinical trials for people living with obesity or type 2 diabetes. KO partner Brad Schoenfeld and attorney John Shearer represented Kailera in getting the…

KO client Elpida Therapeutics, a nonprofit biotechnology company dedicated to developing treatments for ultra-rare pediatric neurological diseases, recently announced that it has entered into an assignment and license agreement with Ionis Pharmaceuticals for ION283, an investigational antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) therapy for Lafora disease. The agreement is expected to advance the…

KO client Woof, the award-winning pet company, recently entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by The Farmer’s Dog, the leader in real, human-grade dog food. This combination will bring together nutrition, enrichment, and everyday wellness to help dogs live healthier, happier lives. “From the beginning, our goal has…

You spent hours negotiating a solid liability cap in a contract. It’s tied to fees, it’s proportional, it reflects the economics of the deal. You feel good about it. Then you flip to the next paragraph and find a list of carve-outs that effectively guts everything you just agreed to.…

KO client Strata Identity was recently acquired by Rubrik, a security and AI operations company operating at the intersection of data protection, cyber resilience, and enterprise AI acceleration. Strata built a leading Identity Orchestration platform that helps organizations secure, modernize, and manage human and agent identities by unifying fragmented Identity…

On May 14, 2026, Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed into law Senate Bill 26-189, an act that repeals and reenacts Colorado’s 2024 AI Act (SB 24-205) and replaces it with a different framework governing the use of automated decision-making technology (“ADMT”) in consequential decisions. The new law takes effect January…

KO client Polargy, a manufacturer of data center infrastructure, recently announced three acquisitions, bringing its manufacturing footprint to over 550,000 sq. ft. Polargy recently announced the acquisitions of Action Group Inc. (AGI), an Ohio-based manufacturer; Forge Racks & Dunnage, an Indiana-based manufacturer specializing in data center skids, industrial racks, and…

At Boulder Startup Week 2026, KO attorney John Kyed and partner Ian Kuliasha led a session called “Startup Founders’ Guide to Early-Stage Funding” to a room full of founders hungry for practical, straightforward guidance on how early-stage financing actually works — not just in theory, but in the real world.…