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As part of the ongoing U.S.-China trade dispute, the U.S. has recently imposed $250 billion in tariffs – that may or may not be lifted in the near future – on imports from China. While recent reports suggest a trade deal may occur in the coming weeks, the uncertainty of…

KO client Zeon Corporation, a leading provider of retail point of purchase visual marketing solutions, recently announced its merger with Antigo Sign & Display. The combined company called Antigo Zeon provides innovative sales, marketing, design and customer service solutions for retail brands. KO partner John Gaddis and attorney Ryan Sykora represented Zeon in the…

For the second year in a row, KO partner Jennifer Rosenthal was selected as a Colorado Super Lawyers Rising Star. This recognition goes to the top 2.5 percent of lawyers in the state who are under 40 or in practice 10 years or less. Jennifer leads KO’s natural foods practice group and…

KO client Onyx M.D., an award-winning locum tenens physician and advanced practice staffing firm, was recently acquired by Health Carousel, a large healthcare staffing provider. With corporate offices in Denver and Dallas, Onyx M.D. will still operate under its brand and be led by co-founder, president and CFO Jim Chandler.…

KO client Good Buy Gear, an online marketplace for secondhand baby gear, recently announced it has raised $2 million to hire more employees and expand into new markets. The round was led by Be Curious Partners, an Atlanta-based venture capital fund. Another KO client, Access Venture Partners, previously invested in…

KO client Delivery BIZ Pro, a leading delivery management SaaS platform for the food and beverage industry, was recently acquired by GetSwift, a SaaS logistics technology provider. Delivery BIZ Pro provides a subscription-based, cloud service for businesses with recurring product orders in the produce, meal kit, dairy, farm-to-table, water, home…

2019 is off to a fast start in the life science, pharmaceutical and medical device industries with unprecedented market growth. Life sciences, in particular, continue on an upward trend, accounting for nearly 15 percent of venture deal flow in 2018, more than 60 percent of which were deals of $50…

The most successful companies have operationalized legal. As they seek to increase valuation, minimize costs, increase flexibility and effectively manage their essential legal needs, best-in-class companies are causing a global paradigm shift in the legal marketplace by fundamentally changing how they use legal services. Innovative companies are seeking legal assistance from a growing number of non-lawyer professionals and testing new alternative billing models, so they can “do more with less.”

At the same time, businesses make decisions more quickly and with more real-time information than ever before. In any growing business, legal operations must keep pace to avoid missing out on key opportunities or making decisions in the dark.