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Court Declines to Dismiss Antitrust Claim Alleging Private Equity Firms Allocated Market For Leveraged Buyouts
December 18, 2008 Full PDF
In a significant decision for private equity firms, hedge funds, and other participants in corporate acquisitions, a U.S. District Court issued a decision on December 15 denying a motion to dismiss a class action complaint alleging an antitrust conspiracy among certain private equity firms to allocate the leveraged buyout market on a wide scale.