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Latest News in Private Equity

  • August 17, 2026

    Chicago Pot Co. Recast $2M Investment As Gift, Suit Claims

    Two Ohio investors claimed they were duped into sinking nearly $2 million on a Chicago dispensary under the promise that they would be partial owners, only to learn that their Illinois-based business partners would later recast the investments as gifts, according to a lawsuit filed in Ohio federal court.

  • August 17, 2026

    2 Firms To Lead Skechers Investor Suit Over $9.4B 3G Deal

    Saxena White PA and Labaton Keller Sucharow LLP's client will lead a suit in Delaware Chancery Court alleging Skechers' founder and family used their majority voting power to push through the company's $9.4 billion take-private sale to private equity giant 3G Capital.

  • August 17, 2026

    Electric Co. Can't Undo Class Status In ESOP Fight

    An Arizona federal judge refused to scrap class certification for a group of workers who claimed an electrical contractor failed to properly invest millions of dollars in its employee stock ownership plan, finding the plan participants at the helm of the case are fit to lead the suit.

  • August 17, 2026

    Latham-Led Veritas Capital Selling Epiq Solutions For $1.1B

    Latham & Watkins LLP-advised Veritas Capital announced Monday that it has agreed to sell Epiq Design Solutions to Polsinelli PC-advised TTM Technologies for $1.1 billion.

  • August 17, 2026

    FTC Gets $725M Liquid Nails Deal Blocked

    A New York federal court has sided with the Federal Trade Commission and blocked Loctite maker Henkel's planned $725 million acquisition of fellow construction adhesive brand Liquid Nails, following a bench trial in Manhattan last month.

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