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Founder of Kansas City’s third-largest bank steps down
After founding CrossFirst Bank in 2007 and growing it from scratch into the third largest bank based in Kansas City, Ron Baldwin is stepping down as chairman.
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Group led by 26-year-old sports economist buys Comets
The Kansas City Comets were sold to a newly formed company called Game Theory Ventures LLC, which is led by Colin Weaver, a 26-year-old sports economist from San Francisco. Game Theory Ventures is...
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Morrill & Janes Bank parent names new leader
Heartland Financial USA Inc., the parent company for Merriam-based Morrill & Janes Bank & Trust Co., named a new CEO. Bruce Lee will take over as CEO on June 1. Lee joined Iowa-based Heartland...
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Garden Weasel engages Garden Gopher in court battle
Kansas City-based Faultless Starch, the owner of Garden Weasel, is suing a company in New Jersey called World and Main LLC for infringing on its trade dress and counterfeiting its advertising images....
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Lee’s Summit elbows its way into KC craft beer conversation
Hubs for brewing already have formed in the Crossroads Arts District and in North Kansas City, but the latest is emerging in Lee’s Summit, including a new entrant — Grains & Taps.
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Platte County prosecutor avoids law license suspension
Eric Zahnd, the longest-serving prosecutor in Platte County history, was reprimanded by the Missouri Supreme Court, which found he violated three rules of ethics for attorneys. In December, a local...
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KC company sues nonprofit over ‘Simple Poverty Scorecard’ trademark
Kansas City-based Scorocs LLC is suing a Connecticut nonprofit called Innovations for Poverty Action for infringing on a trademark for the Simple Poverty Scorecard. Scorocs studies poverty conditions...
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KC lawyer: Supreme Court ruling supporting workplace arbitration isn't the...
The U.S. Supreme Court recently sided with employers when it comes to arbitration agreements, but a local lawyer said not to start celebrating because the fight is far from over.
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BOK hires former Commerce Trust exec for national role of financial planning...
BOK Financial Corp. (Nasdaq: BOKF), which does business as Mobank in the Kansas City area, hired Kimberly Bridges as a senior vice president and its new director of financial planning. She will be...
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KC lawyer's second job is training officers for Kansas Army National Guard
Most days you can find Matt Keane working on product liability cases as an attorney with Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP. But outside of the law firm, he's got an extremely important second job. Keane is a...
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Stepp & Rothwell's succession plan is as rare as its business plan
The succession plan for most investment advisory firms is to find a company willing to acquire the operation. But that didn't seem like a good fit for the Overland Park financial planning company.
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Kansas manufacturing advocate names new CEO
The Mid-America Manufacturing Technology Center (MAMTC) named Tiffany Stovall as its new CEO. Stovall succeeds Mark Chalfant, who resigned in November after four years as CEO to become COO at Broce...
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Tax law changes the score for companies that buy tickets to sports events
Treating a client, or prospective one, to a Royals game long has been a good way to build relations. The fact that the tickets qualified for a 50 percent tax deduction never hurt, either. But the...
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Polsinelli's Welsh: 'We've come a long way from just being a Kansas City law...
The new Seattle office is the fourth time since 2016 that Kansas City-based law firm Polsinelli PC entered a new city.
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Edward Jones sets aggressive growth plan in Kansas City
Edward Jones grew the number of teams it has in the Kansas City area from 189 in 2015 to 230 today. The company thinks it has room for 320 teams in the area, so it's looking to add another 90 teams...
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Rieger's new marketing strategy takes flight
A local distillery's latest marketing strategy should boost the recognition of its Kansas City Whiskey as an international brand, only four years after it was first released. J. Rieger & Co. formed...
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Creative Planning hopes expansion of new HQ ends constant space crunch
Creative Planning, which is expected to move into its new headquarters building within the next 30 days, has decided to take up half of another 100,000-square-foot building also being built on the site...
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Chiefs bring Executive AirShare into the huddle
Lenexa-based Executive AirShare signed a long-term partnership agreement with the Kansas City Chiefs, making it the team's official private aircraft services partner. Executive AirShare is one of the...
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KC Soccer Dome launches expansion project
After selling his ownership stake in the Kansas City Comets in May, Brian Budzinski plans an expansion project for his main business, the Kansas City Soccer Dome. Founded in 1982, dome was the first...
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Local craft brewers helplessly watch aluminum can prices rise
Craft brewers have already been getting hit for the past three years by price increases on aluminum cans, and President Trump’s new tariff on Canadian aluminum is expected to make the situation even...
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