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Recent Judge Rakoff Decision May Curb Private Equity Leverage Abuses By Pinning Liability on Directors of Selling Company

For decades, authorities and experts have tried restricting excessive borrowing by private equity investors, since itโ€™s been repeatedly shown that they leave lots of bankruptcies in their wake. And these abuses continue because private equity looting fee structures result in general partners making out handsomely whether or not the business does well. In 1987 (no typo), the Treasury proposed limiting the deduction of interest on highly leveraged transactions. That idea went by the wayside t...
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Warning to Directors of Selling Companies: Breach of Fiduciary Duty Liability May Exist for Failure to Investigate and Ensure Solvency of Company Post-Closing and Propriety and Effect of All Related Transactions (But You Can Protect Yourself) | Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: A recent ruling from the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York sent shock waves through the legal and financial community, with some shouting that this โ€œcould be a gamestopper for the private equity business.โ€ 1 Although the ruling in In re Nine West LBO Securities Litigation 2 breaks new ground and arguably narrows the protections available to directors under the normally-broad business judgment rule...
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