Shearman & Sterling LLP | USA | 11 Dec 2018
On December 6, 2018, Chief Judge Patti Saris of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts dismissed a putative class action…
Locke Lord LLP | USA | 3 Apr 2009
The United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts has denied a motion to dismiss a class action claiming that certain private equity firms illegally colluded in the purchase of target companies in leveraged buyout transactions.
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP | USA | 10 Feb 2009
The U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts denied a Rule 12(b)(6) motion brought by defendant private equity firms (“PE Firms”) challenging a putative class action complaint brought by a trust, a public retirement trust fund and five individuals.
Reed Smith LLP | USA | 7 Jan 2009
On Dec. 15, 2008, a federal district court judge in Massachusetts denied the motion to dismiss filed by several private equity firms alleged to have engaged in joint-bidding for leveraged buyout (“LBO”) target companies.
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP | USA | 18 Dec 2008
In a significant decision for private equity firms, hedge funds, and other participants in corporate acquisitions, a U.S. District Court on December 15 denied a motion to dismiss a class action complaint alleging a conspiracy among certain private equity firms to allocate the LBO market on a wide scale.
With more than 350 attorneys, Stoel Rives is a leader in corporate, energy, environmental, intellectual property, labor & employment, land use &…