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Private Equity Law360 provides breaking news and analysis on private equity deals and the attorneys involved. Coverage includes high-impact deals, related litigation and enforcement actions, and policy developments that affect private equity firms.
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Latest News in Private Equity
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January 12, 2026
Energy Transfer Asserts Blackstone Fraud In Pipeline Row
Energy Transfer says Blackstone used a series of self-dealing arrangements to undercut the amount of natural gas liquids a subsidiary delivered to an Energy Transfer pipeline in Texas, telling a state court on Friday that Blackstone wrongly diverted "massive sums" to itself.
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January 12, 2026
Ex-Google Engineer Stole AI Secrets To Help China, Jury Told
Driven by greed, ex-Google engineer Linwei Ding stole thousands of confidential documents from the tech giant, launched his own startup and then offered Google's artificial intelligence trade secrets to China, a federal prosecutor told a California jury Monday at the start of Ding's high-profile economic espionage trial.
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January 12, 2026
Crypto Custody Startup Bitgo Launches Plans For $189M IPO
BitGo is looking to raise roughly $189 million聽in an upcoming public offering steered by Fenwick & West LLP, the cryptocurrency custodian said Monday.
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January 12, 2026
REITs Say Shareholders' Retooled Liquidation Suit Still Fails
A group of retail-focused real estate investment trusts urged a New Jersey federal court to toss an amended shareholder class action that accuses them of misleading shareholders into approving charter amendments that stopped the planned liquidation of the REITs, arguing that the amended suit repeats claims that were previously tossed.
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January 12, 2026
Adviser Claims REIT Stiffed It Over $2.1B Take-Private Deal
An advising firm has sued Plymouth Industrial REIT Inc. in Massachusetts state court, claiming the real estate investment trust is dodging its obligation to pay the adviser for helping the firm land a $2.1 billion acquisition offer.
Areas of Coverage
- TRANSACTIONS
- Private equity deals valued at $50MM or more
- Venture capital investments of $25MM or more
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Capital investments, including mezzanine and growth capital deals
- Joint ventures involving private equity firms
- Hostile takeovers and leveraged buyouts
- Distressed investment deals
- AGENCIES
- U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
- Federal Trade Commission
- Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
- Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
- U.S. Department of Justice
- U.S. Department of the Treasury
- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
- International competition and securities regulators
- POLICY & REGULATION
- Dodd-Frank Act
- Delaware corporate law
- Antitrust and consumer protection controls
- Private equity industry lobbying
- International banking legislation and regulation
- ENFORCEMENT
- Merger reviews
- Second requests
- Challenges and divestitures
- Litigation
- Antitrust suits
- Shareholder disputes
- Corporate governance fights
- Poison pill challenges
- Hostile takeover disputes
- Privacy and consumer protection suits
- Bankruptcy proceedings involving private equity stakeholders
- PROFILES
- Personnel moves
- Profiles of private equity practices
Readership
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- Corporate counsel and compliance officers at Fortune 1000 companies
- Executives and attorneys in the private equity industry
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- Policymakers at federal and state agencies
- Judges and court staff across the U.S.
- Professors, students, and library staff at every accredited law school in the U.S.
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