Emails Aren't Quite Smoking Gun In PE Buyout Antitrust Row

By Melissa Lipman (October 16, 2012, 8:43 PM EDT) -- The lawsuit unsealed last week accusing KKR & Co. LP, The Blackstone Group LP and other private equity firms of conspiring to keep prices low on dozens of high-profile buyouts included chummy emails between executives, but attorneys say the case may still face an uphill battle as the firms can argue that any joint bidding didn't violate antitrust law....

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