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Klein et al v. Bain Capital Partners, LLC et al

  1. June 13, 2014

    With Goldman, Bain Out, PE Players Pressured To Cut Deals

    Bain Capital Partners LLC and Goldman Sachs Group Inc.'s agreement to pay a combined $121 million to resolve claims they plotted to suppress prices in leveraged buyouts before the financial crisis might drive five other PE heavyweights also accused in the case to the bargaining table ahead of November's trial.

  2. June 11, 2014

    Bain, Goldman Sachs Agree To Pay $121M In Collusion Row

    Bain Capital Partners LLC and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. have agreed to pay a total of $121 million to settle a proposed shareholder class action accusing them of conspiring to hold down prices of companies they bought out, according to documents filed in Massachusetts federal court Wednesday.

  3. January 27, 2014

    Bain, KKR Slam Class Cert. Bid In Collusion Suit

    Bain Capital LLC, KKR & Co. LP and other private equity firms urged a Massachusetts federal court Friday not to certify a class action claiming they conspired to hold down the prices of the companies they bought out.

  4. November 15, 2013

    Silver Lake Can't Go Solo In Antitrust Suit Against PE Giants

    A Massachusetts federal judge on Wednesday refused to reconsider allowing Silver Lake Partners to individually defend itself against a putative antitrust class action accusing it and several other private equity firms of plotting to hold down prices of companies they targeted for purchase.

  5. August 30, 2013

    PE Firm Thomas H. Lee Escapes LBO Antitrust Suit

    A Massachusetts federal judge on Thursday dismissed Thomas H. Lee Partners LP from a putative antitrust class action accusing several private equity firms of plotting to hold down the prices of companies they targeted for purchase.

  6. July 18, 2013

    Bain, KKR, Other PE Giants Can't Escape Collusion Suit

    A Massachusetts federal judge on Thursday refused to dismiss eight private equity giants from a putative shareholder class action, saying there was evidence linking Bain Capital LLC, KKR & Co. LP and other firms to an alleged, overarching conspiracy to hold down the prices of companies they targeted for purchase.

  7. June 21, 2013

    Judge Denies PE Giants' Bid To Reconsider LBO Collusion Suit

    A federal judge on Thursday reaffirmed a March decision keeping a group of leveraged buyout giants on the hook in a suit alleging they conspired to hold down the prices of companies they had targeted for purchase, denying the private equity firms' request for reconsideration.

  8. March 13, 2013

    Private Equity Giants Get LBO Collusion Suit Pared Down

    A federal judge on Wednesday limited the scope of a proposed shareholder class action alleging Bain Capital LLC, KKR & Co. LP, the Carlyle Group LP and other big-name private equity firms conspired to hold down the prices of companies they'd targeted for purchase.

  9. October 16, 2012

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

    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.

  10. October 11, 2012

    KKR, Blackstone, Others Used Email In LBO Collusion: Suit

    High-ranking executives at private equity firms including KKR & Co., Blackstone Group LP and the Carlyle Group LP colluded through email exchanges to avoid bid wars in more than a dozen billion-dollar leveraged buyouts, according to a federal complaint unsealed Wednesday.

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