September 14, 2012
A Massachusetts federal judge on Friday told Bain Capital Partners LLC, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and other private equity firms they had to provide better reasons to keep confidential details in an antitrust suit over alleged price-fixing of leveraged buyouts from going public.
September 12, 2012
New details emerged Wednesday in a Massachusetts antitrust suit alleging Bain Capital Partners LLC, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and other private equity firms colluded to artificially depress prices in leveraged buyouts, with a redacted new complaint targeting additional transactions that include the $24.4 billion takeover of Clear Channel Communications Inc.
July 24, 2012
Eleven of the world's biggest private equity firms on Monday asked a Massachusetts federal judge for summary judgment in the long-running class action accusing them of conspiring to depress prices for multibillion-dollar takeovers, saying the plaintiffs hadn't sufficiently proved their antitrust claims.
July 19, 2012
A Massachusetts federal judge refused Thursday to strike a bid-rigging claim related to the leveraged buyout of hospital operator HCA Inc. in the putative class action against Goldman Sachs Group Inc., The Blackstone Group LP and others over an alleged price-fixing scheme for 20 leveraged buyouts.
May 22, 2012
Investors leading a putative class action against Goldman Sachs Group Inc. were dealt a blow on Monday when a Massachusetts federal judge struck down their request to see executive self-evaluations that allegedly detail a price-fixing scheme connected to more than 20 leveraged buyouts.
April 18, 2012
Investors leading a putative class action against Goldman Sachs Group Inc. on Tuesday asked a Massachusetts federal judge to force the company to turn over executives' self-evaluations, which they say detail a price-fixing scheme to profit from more than 20 leveraged buyouts.
October 18, 2011
Investors leading a proposed antitrust class action urged a federal judge in Massachusetts on Monday to force Apollo Global Management LLC, JPMorgan Chase & Co. and the Blackstone Group LP to cough up documents they have withheld related to numerous leveraged buyouts that were allegedly fixed.
September 09, 2011
A Massachusetts federal judge ruled Wednesday that a proposed class accusing Goldman Sachs Group LP, Apollo Global Management LLS and other private equity firms of conspiring to fix prices on numerous billion-dollar leveraged buyouts could expand the scope of discovery to include more buyouts.
March 01, 2011
A Massachusetts federal judge narrowed a proposed class action Tuesday accusing Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and others of fixing prices on leveraged buyouts, dismissing claims related to the $22 billion buyout of pipeline owner Kinder Morgan Inc.
February 17, 2011
A federal judge Thursday denied Apollo Global Management LLC's bid to exit a putative class action accusing it of joining JPMorgan Chase & Co., Bain Capital Partners LLC and others in a scheme to fix prices on leveraged buyouts.