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Private equity’s expansion into the clinical trial industry is accelerating and may reshape how medical studies are conducted and overseen. The growing consolidation of research sites and ethics review boards raises concerns about trial safety, the long-term…
States move to rein in private equity’s growing control of healthcare, new report finds Private Equity Stakeholder Project report tracks 2025 legislative wave targeting financial risks and ownership opacity in healthcare State lawmakers across the country advanced an unprecedented wave…
PESP Shares Concerns About Private Equity’s Role in Rising Healthcare Costs at Washington’s Health Care Cost Transparency Board On October 23, the Washington Health Care Cost Transparency Board (HCCTB) convened to examine the financial and structural pressures…
Signs of turmoil within Carlyle as the firm fails its second high-profile overseas fossil fuel acquisition attempt American private equity firm The Carlyle Group has been successfully expanding its fossil fuel footprint across the United States, recently…
There has been a recent settlement related to the public movement against RealPage, the property-management software purchased by private equity firm Thoma Bravo in 2021. RealPage has been accused of assisting landlords in artificially inflating rents through…
A new research brief from private equity watchdog group Private Equity Stakeholder Action (PESA) examines how outsourcing at one Bay Area school district has funneled millions of dollars in taxpayer money to private equity-owned special education…
The Miami Workers Center (MWC) is a community-based organization which organizes towards dignity, power, and self-determination with workers, tenants, women, and families across Miami. Since 1999, MWC has run grassroots campaigns to strengthen and expand rights and resources…
Last week, Bloomberg reported that Walgreens had cut pay for its retail employees following the drugstore’s $18.8 billion buyout by private equity firm Sycamore Partners. As Walgreens’ new owners look to cut costs, hourly workers…
A new analysis from the Private Equity Climate Risks (PECR) research consortium, “Mapping Private Equity’s Gas Fleet: Climate Footprint, Health Impacts, and AI-Driven Demand,” reveals that the world’s largest private equity firms collectively own…
PESP has released updated research tracking the largest employers in the United States that are owned by private equity firms. This comprehensive research underscores the significant impact of private equity ownership on the American workforce…
Ahead of KKR quarterly results, report finds labor abuses and safety violations across $700 billion empire Despite public promises of “employee ownership,” KKR’s record shows recurring safety hazards, mass layoffs, and labor rights abuses. A new analysis…
Private equity has played a major role in the issue of surprise medical billing. The 2020 bipartisan No Surprises Act[1] attempted to address the issue of patients receiving high out-of-network bills after being treated at a supposedly in-network…
