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KO Client Predicine Collaborates with Janssen to Develop PredicineCARE™ for Bladder Cancer Image

KO Client Predicine Collaborates with Janssen to Develop PredicineCARE™ for Bladder Cancer

KO client Predicine, Inc., a leading molecular insights company committed to advancing precision medicine in oncology, recently announced a collaboration with Janssen Pharmaceutica NV, a Johnson & Johnson company, to develop PredicineCARE™ as a companion diagnostic assay in localized bladder cancer. The collaboration represents progress in using comprehensive genomic profiling…

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The Basics of Protecting Your Business With Insurance

In the unpredictable world of business, there is one constant and unwelcome companion lurking in the shadows: risk. We find risk anywhere and everywhere in a business environment: research and development, personnel matters, physical operations, customer relationships, data and security, and many other facets of running a business. Despite a…

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Celebrating National Entrepreneurship Month

As we close out November, we wanted to take a moment to celebrate National Entrepreneurship Month. National Entrepreneurship Month recognizes entrepreneurs and innovators who demonstrate drive, resilience, and determination as they create solutions that solve problems and build businesses that fuel our communities. At KO Law Firm, we celebrate these…

KO Pro Bono Client Elpida Treats Ultra-Rare Diseases for Children Worldwide Image

KO Pro Bono Client Elpida Treats Ultra-Rare Diseases for Children Worldwide

KO pro bono client Elpida Therapeutics’ mission is to deliver gene therapies to patients with ultra-rare diseases that are non-commercially viable and overlooked by traditional biotech and pharmaceutical companies. By leveraging scientific advancements and gene therapies, Elpida aims to provide treatments for children and families that desperately and urgently need…

4 Important Decisions for Startup Founders to Get Right From the Start Image

4 Important Decisions for Startup Founders to Get Right From the Start

Startup founders face countless decisions and tasks every day. Fortunately, there aren’t too many early legal decisions that can have lasting, irreversible implications for founders down the road. However, your equity arrangement with co-founders and the company’s early cap table is one thing that should be carefully considered from a…

KO Client Wave Life Secures $6M Seed Series for Gen Z Mental Health Access Image

KO Client Wave Life Secures $6M Seed Series for Gen Z Mental Health Access

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…

How to Mitigate Common Commercial Risks to Prepare for a Major Transaction Image

How to Mitigate Common Commercial Risks to Prepare for a Major Transaction

Are you preparing for financing or M&A due diligence now or planning to in the future? If a third party started due diligence on your company today, would you be putting your best foot forward? When you prepare for a major transaction, financing, or exit, an investor or an acquirer…

Data Privacy Series Part 4: Best Practices to Modify Your Data Processing Addendum Image

Data Privacy Series Part 4: Best Practices to Modify Your Data Processing Addendum

With the imminent rollout of several new state and the update to California’s comprehensive consumer privacy law taking effect in 2023, KO’s data privacy and security team launched a four-part educational video series to help businesses prepare to operate under the evolving patchwork of privacy laws. In the first three…