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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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March 20, 2026
PowerSchool, Bain Can't Skirt MDL Over Student Data Breach
A California federal judge has refused to toss multidistrict litigation seeking to hold PowerSchool and its majority stakeholder Bain Capital liable for a data breach that exposed roughly 50 million individuals' personal data, finding that Bain's involvement in the education technology provider's cybersecurity operations "went beyond what an ordinary investor would do."
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March 20, 2026
SEC's $1B Broad Street Fraud Case Stays In Fla.
A private equity firm the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission accused of defrauding investors in a $1 billion fund will have to face the lawsuit in Florida, after a federal judge there refused Friday to toss the case or move it to South Carolina, where the firm is based.
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March 20, 2026
BofA Hit With 2nd Class Suit Over Alleged $328M Crypto Scam
Bank of America and a New Jersey IRA‑LLC facilitator are facing a growing wave of litigation over their alleged roles in enabling the $328 million Goliath Ventures cryptocurrency scam, with two new federal class actions filed this week accusing them of helping steer retirement and investment funds into what prosecutors say was a massive Ponzi scheme.
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March 20, 2026
Cooperator Rechnitz Can't Avoid Jail At SDNY Resentencing
A Manhattan federal judge on Friday hit Jona Rechnitz, a prolific cooperating witness who testified at three trials, with a five-month prison sentence for corruption crimes he committed over a decade ago, despite saying "you have done all you can" to atone.
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March 20, 2026
Duane Morris Bolsters SF Team With Hanson Bridgett Hire
Duane Morris LLP is growing its West Coast team, bringing in a Hanson Bridgett LLP transactions attorney as a partner in its San Francisco office.
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
- Private equity lawyers at top law firms
- Corporate counsel and compliance officers at Fortune 1000 companies
- Executives and attorneys in the private equity industry
- Information experts at law firms, agencies, and companies
- 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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