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Multiple cases appear to violate federal CARES Act eviction moratorium While the COVID-19 pandemic has kept people at home, private equity firm Starwood Capital, one of the largest apartment owners in the United States, has filed dozens of complaints to…
Members of Congress have sent a letter to Leonard Green & Partners asking the firm return the $658 million in fees and dividends it and other owners collected from safety net hospital chain Prospect Medical Holdings. A copy of…
Last week, Private Equity Stakeholder Project sent letters to states’ Attorneys General and other regulators in states where Prospect Medical Holdings owns hospitals. Prospect Medical Holdings is a safety net hospital company owned by private equity firm Leonard Green &…
Private equity firm Leonard Green & Partners owns safety net hospital chain Prospect Medical Holdings. The Leonard Green-led ownership group has drawn $658 million dollars in fees and dividends from Prospect Medical Holdings even as the hospitals suffered operating…
Clothing retailer J. Crew, which is owned by private equity firms TPG and Leonard Green & Partners, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy today.[i] It is the first major retailer to file for bankruptcy during the COVID-19 pandemic. While…
A new report by the New York Times last week revealed that medical staffing firms owned by private equity managers KKR and Blackstone have poured millions into opposing legislation that would ban surprise medical billing.[i] Through a shadowy…
Private equity firm Platinum Equity has recently drawn criticism for its investment in Securus, one of the largest providers of phone, email, money transfer, and electronic monitoring services to jails, prisons and immigration detention centers in the U.S. While…
From report “Private equity’s failing grade: Private equity investment in for-profit colleges” (Written jointly by Private Equity Stakeholder Project and Americans for Financial Reform) Multiple for-profit colleges owned by private equity firms have reached settlements with state and…
From report “Private equity’s failing grade: Private equity investment in for-profit colleges” (Written jointly by Private Equity Stakeholder Project and Americans for Financial Reform) Private equity-owned for profit colleges, like other for profit colleges, are heavily dependent on…
(Written jointly by Private Equity Stakeholder Project and Americans for Financial Reform) For more than a decade, private equity firms have helped drive growth in the for-profit college industry in the United States, acquiring and helping to grow chains…
From report “Private equity’s failing grade: Private equity investment in for-profit colleges” (Written jointly by Private Equity Stakeholder Project and Americans for Financial Reform) The US Department of Education requires colleges and universities to submit audited financial statements…
