Robb & Robb won a $116 million jury verdict in the crash of the tourist helicopter, but it secured a $90 million settlement in the wrongful death case to ensure there would be no appeal.
Enterprise Bank's Kansas City market president stresses the importance of companies talking early and often with their bankers during periods of economic turbulence.
A company called Sapphire Automotive Group started up about the time a similar operation was running into financial issues, partly from misuse of client funds. Now, a receiver is seeing many of the same issues in Sapphire. In addition to similar patterns, the companies share common leadership.
Occu-Tec is one of the Midwest's fastest-growing companies thanks in large part to landing contracts to help the U.S. military with its crucial fuel systems.
A November data breach at Lockton affected just one computer and lasted just a few hours, but it sparked eight federal lawsuits seeking class-action status.