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Latest News in Private Equity

  • January 16, 2026

    Stolen Google AI Info Valuable To Rivals And China, Jury Told

    Federal prosecutors questioned a foreign policy expert and an MIT computer science professor Friday in the trial of an ex-Google engineer accused of stealing AI trade secrets to help China, seeking to show that artificial intelligence is a major priority for the Chinese government and that Google's technology was nonpublic and extremely valuable.

  • January 16, 2026

    6th Circ. Revives Biomed Co. Investor's Suit Over Stock Sale

    The Sixth Circuit has ruled that a man who sold his stock in a biomedical research company just before being told the company planned to pursue private equity financing can bring his breach of contract and fiduciary duty claims, reversing a lower court's ruling granting summary judgment to the biomedical company.

  • January 16, 2026

    OpenAI, Microsoft Must Face Musk Fraud Fight In April Trial

    A California federal judge on Thursday denied OpenAI Inc.'s request for summary judgment on Elon Musk's claims OpenAI duped him into donating $38 million with false promises of remaining a nonprofit, while trimming some claims against Microsoft Corp. and sending the bifurcated dispute to an April jury trial.

  • January 16, 2026

    What Changed For Healthcare Transaction Law In 2025

    Though much of the legislation introduced last year to expand state scrutiny of healthcare transactions did not pass, investors should pay close attention to the overarching trends, which are likely to continue in this year's legislative sessions, say attorneys at Ropes & Gray.

  • January 16, 2026

    Infinite Eagle SPAC Raises $300M In Latest IPO

    Infinite Eagle Acquisition Corp., the tenth blank check company helmed by Jeff Sagansky and Harry Sloan, began trading publicly Friday after raising $300 million in its initial public offering.

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