/privateequity?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Private Equity Copyright 2025 ¼«ËÙÈü³µ. en-US Fri, 01 Aug 2025 19:19:03 +0000 /privateequity/articles/2372482?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /privateequity/articles/2372482 A Texas federal judge Friday gave Texas and other states the go-ahead to pursue claims that BlackRock Inc. and other asset managers used market muscle to decrease coal production, saying the states plausibly showed that the asset managers breached antitrust laws. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 17:58:44 +0000 /privateequity/articles/2372215?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /privateequity/articles/2372215 Two newly unveiled mergers involving special purpose acquisition companies will aim to take a nuclear energy company and an Italian e-grocery operation public on U.S. exchanges at a combined value of nearly $500 million. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 17:57:27 +0000 /privateequity/articles/2371209?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /privateequity/articles/2371209 The Ninth and Eleventh circuits in August will hear from employers fighting trial court decisions refusing to kick proposed class actions alleging ERISA violations into individual arbitration. Here's a look at four coming oral argument sessions that should be on benefits lawyers' radar. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 17:37:10 +0000 /privateequity/articles/2372291?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /privateequity/articles/2372291 The U.S. Department of Justice abandoned its challenge of a corporate travel management deal, while lawmakers are calling for scrutiny of the agency's recent decision to settle a different case, and the Federal Trade Commission agreed to nix the requirements placed on a pair of oil and gas deals. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 16:56:27 +0000 /privateequity/articles/2367457?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /privateequity/articles/2367457 After the U.S. Supreme Court recently struck down the practice of nationwide injunctions in Trump v. Casa, Section 1983 civil rights suits can provide a better pathway to hold the government accountable — but this will require reforms to qualified immunity, says Marc Levin at the Council on Criminal Justice. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 16:30:19 +0000 /privateequity/articles/2370698?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /privateequity/articles/2370698 Big Tech firms are increasingly turning to so-called reverse acquihires to quickly secure talent and technology, but as these deals grow in size and frequency, they may invite the very regulatory scrutiny the strategy is designed to avoid. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 14:15:54 +0000 /privateequity/articles/2372284?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /privateequity/articles/2372284 Private equity firm Cinven said on Friday it has agreed to acquire software supplier Smart Communications, with counsel from Clifford Chance. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 14:11:33 +0000 /privateequity/articles/2372156?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /privateequity/articles/2372156 A former employee of Flat Rock Metal and Bar Processing has asked a Michigan federal judge to grant a green light to a $1.8 million settlement in a suit claiming the trustees of the company's employee stock ownership plan allowed the plan to buy $60 million in company stock at an inflated price. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 12:51:07 +0000 /privateequity/articles/2372361?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /privateequity/articles/2372361 High-tech instruments manufacturer Spectris said Friday that it is throwing its support behind a sweetened £4.2 billion ($5.6 billion) cash offer from U.S. private equity shop Advent, which has turned its head away from a £4.1 billion courtship from KKR. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 22:09:11 +0000 /privateequity/articles/2371871?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /privateequity/articles/2371871 U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Paul Atkins said Thursday that he's mobilized staff across the agency to craft rules and exemptions for digital assets, a plan aimed at bringing the crypto industry back onshore with a recent set of White House recommendations serving as the "blueprint." Thu, 31 Jul 2025 20:59:23 +0000 /privateequity/articles/2371966?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /privateequity/articles/2371966 A defense contractor and private equity firm in California will pay $1.75 million to settle allegations that they failed to meet the cybersecurity requirements of a U.S. Air Force contract, federal prosecutors said Thursday. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 20:28:02 +0000 /privateequity/articles/2371844?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /privateequity/articles/2371844 Tyson Foods urged an Illinois federal judge on Thursday to reject Burford Capital's bid to ditch allegations that the litigation funder improperly thwarted a near-final price-fixing settlement with Sysco Corp., arguing the counterclaim "lays bare" Burford's systematic effort to obtain a greater investment return. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 17:44:26 +0000 /privateequity/articles/2368647?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /privateequity/articles/2368647 Public accounting firms will need to comply with new standards aimed at strengthening their quality control systems by the end of this year, a significant challenge sure to increase costs, individual liability and regulatory scrutiny, say Kelly Bossard at FTI Consulting and Mike Plotnick at King & Spalding. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 17:08:51 +0000 /privateequity/articles/2371869?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /privateequity/articles/2371869 Noting that unpaid legal bills might already support a contempt or limited receivership order against private equity 777 Partners, a Delaware magistrate in Chancery gave the company and its counsel a Monday deadline to report still-accumulating fee advancement debts. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 16:45:00 +0000 /privateequity/articles/2371625?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /privateequity/articles/2371625 Energy infrastructure firm MPLX LP said on Thursday it has agreed to acquire Northwind Midstream for $2.38 billion in cash, in a move that will expand its natural gas operations in the Delaware Basin region of New Mexico. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 16:27:30 +0000 /privateequity/articles/2370892?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /privateequity/articles/2370892 A Milwaukee-based advisory firm is in late talks for a stake sale at a $1 billion valuation, Black Rock Coffee Bar files confidentially for an initial public offering at a similar value, and the Intercontinental Exchange is in talks to buy Enverus for $6 billion. Here, ¼«ËÙÈü³µ breaks down these and other notable rumors from the past week. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 09:42:07 +0000 /privateequity/articles/2343351?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /privateequity/articles/2343351 Soccer has become a key contributor to how I approach my work, and the lessons I’ve learned on the pitch about leadership, adaptability, resilience and communication make me better at what I do every day in my legal career, says Whitney O’Byrne at MoFo. Wed, 30 Jul 2025 22:37:32 +0000 /privateequity/articles/2371468?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /privateequity/articles/2371468 Web-design software maker Figma Inc. on Wednesday priced a $1.2 billion initial public offering above its upwardly revised price range, guided by Fenwick & West LLP and underwriters counsel Latham & Watkins LLP. Wed, 30 Jul 2025 22:25:24 +0000 /privateequity/articles/2371113?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /privateequity/articles/2371113 A long-awaited report from the President's Working Group on Digital Asset Markets that was released Wednesday encouraged securities and derivatives regulators to use their existing authorities to clear the way for crypto issuance and trading in the absence of lasting legislation, while also urging banking regulators to sharpen standards for crypto engagement. Wed, 30 Jul 2025 20:23:13 +0000 /privateequity/articles/2371079?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /privateequity/articles/2371079 A New York federal judge refused Tuesday to nix counterclaims from North America's largest anesthesia provider, facing a Syracuse hospital's antitrust allegations, accusing the hospital of illegally recruiting away dozens of its clinicians and thus interfering with its employment agreements.