Missouri
Kate O’Hara Gasper of Lathrop GPM represents clients in litigation and arbitration involving breach of contract, business torts, covenants not to compete, intellectual property, professional liability and insurance coverage. Q: The nation has seen a historic increase in layoffs over…
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Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has signed a supplemental budget passed by the Missouri General Assembly, which will give the state access to federal COVID-19 relief under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. “COVID-19 has had an overwhelming…
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Office co-working company WeWork has some very prominent spaces in Downtown Kansas City. It has a location in the Crossroads' Corrigan Station development and recently took 101,000 square feet in what is now known as the Lightwell Building, at 1100…
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Analysts are saying that Leawood-based AMC Theatres is close to facing bankruptcy, though the company has not released a statement confirming that is the case. Last month, the company said it would close all of its 1,000 cinemas in the…
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New-home listings in the Kansas City area plunged 35.7 percent year over year as of April 5, according to Zillow. That number exceeds the national average drop of 27.1 percent. It is a strong contrast to March 1, when they…
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Federal aid began flowing today to cash-strapped rural hospitals across Kansas, U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran said this morning. Although federal aid to business approved in March excluded rural hospitals owned by political subdivisions, Moran said additional federal money was being…
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Good Friday dawned with some good news from the University of Kansas Hospital: After holding steady at 33 for several days, the census of patients for treatment of COVID-19 has dipped to 30. In a morning news briefing, medical director…
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Missouri Governor Mike Parson has closed schools in Missouri for the remainder of the 2019-2020 school year. The move follows a similar measure by Kansas Governor Laura Kelly back in March. Missouri schools are expected to continue to provide services…
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Called to action by a Kansas City health-care non-profit, a team of a dozen medical providers is on its way to New York, the nation's epicenter in the fight to save lives of COVID-19 patients. Olathe-based Heart to Heart International…
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A recent report has some disturbing news for rural hospitals saying one in four of them could close to do worsened conditions heightened by COVID-19, and Kansas is one of the most at-risk states. An annual report by Guidehouse says…
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