Corporate & Securities Law

Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity
Per Stromberg and I have just completed Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity. In the paper, we describe and present empirical evidence on the leveraged buyout and private equity industry, both firms and transactions...

Private Equity and Litigation
The rise of private equity equity has been a boon to law firms. Especially deal lawyers. When deals go awry, the PE crowd doesn’t doesn’t hesitate to move from the boardroom to the courtroom...

Private Equity Joint Bids ("Club Deals") and the WatchGuard Case Revisited : The Amended Complaint Claims Directors' Breach of Fiduciary Duty
We posted previously at LawPundit in our posting A Private Equity Joint Bid ("Club Deal") for Acquisition of a Target Company held Not per se Illegal under the Sherman Act about "a private equity antitrust class action collusion suit (Pennsylvania Avenue Funds v...

Merger Agreements, Material Adverse Changes, and Delaware Vice Chancellor Leo Strines Obsession With Keira Knightley
I am blogging today from the Tulane Corporate Law Institute, here in New Orleans, at the stunning Westin Hotel. I am set to appear on the Private Equity panel tomorrow, where I will talk about, among other things, the implications of 2007?s string of failed private equity deals...

Broken Deals
According to Thompson Financial, some $55 billion worth of acquisitions of public companies by private-equity buyers have fallen through since the start of the 2007 credit crunch (up until April 2008)...

Bodie on Unions and Private Equity Firms
Matt Bodie (St. Louis University) has just posted on SSRN his recent article,"Mother Jones Meets Gordon Gekko: The Complicated Relationship between Labor and Private Equity," which will be published in the Colorado Law Review...

Private Investigators and Detectives
Services Provided by Private Investigators

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century
TEA-21 - Plus Law 105-178

Federal Transportation Equity Act of 2005
Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users

Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Career Choices
Descriptions of law enforcement occupations

Station Night Club
More Settlements Reached

'21' Club
Sued for Withholding Wages

Wells Fargo Faces Potential Class Action Over Home Equity Credit Lines
Wells Fargo Faces Potential Class Action over Home Equity Credit Lines

US Government
alleging land surveyors should not be allowed on private property to build a US Mexican border wall.

American Equity Investment Life
Settles Class Action

Utilities Whistleblower
New Jersey Board of Public Utilities agrees to $485,000 fine for setting up a private bank account.