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Private Equity Health Care Acquisitions – May 2022
In light of the growing investor interest in healthcare and the risks associated with private equity ownership of healthcare companies, the Private Equity Stakeholder Project will be tracking private equity-backed healthcare acquisitions. Below is a list of private…
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Minneapolis Tenants Hold Rent Escrow Action, Alleging Maintenance Neglect by Private Equity-owned HavenBrook Homes
Tenants of HavenBrook Homes are taking action in response to what they say are prolonged health and safety issues in their rental homes. Minnesota Reformer, May 19, 2022: Tenants withhold rent from hedge-fund owned HavenBrook Homes to…
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Mother Jones: An Iowa Powerbroker Plans to Make
a Windfall From Piping Ethanol Emissions
In a special issue spotlighting the troubling behavior of the private equity industry, Mother Jones explored a private-equity financed plan to pipe carbon dioxide hundreds of miles across multiple states in a scheme allegedly designed to cut…
Biden’s Climate Adviser Has Ties to Big Oil
The Nation reported on how White House National Climate Advisor Ali Zaidi spent the Trump years at law firms that represented fossil fuel companies and private equity giants profiteering from the climate crisis. The Nation, May 17, 2022:…
Divest Harvard Students: If Harvard Wants to Lead on Climate, It Must Drop David Rubenstein
Student organizers from Harvard published an Op-Ed in the Harvard Crimson calling for billionaire Carlyle co-founder David Rubenstein to “recuse or resign” from his seat on the Harvard Corporation. According to the Op-Ed, Rubenstein, who was…
Senators Investigating KKR’s Role in the Abuse and Neglect of People with Disabilities
Following a Buzzfeed investigation of abuse and neglect of people with disabilities in KKR’s BrightSpring Health Services, Sens. Elizabeth Warren, Ron Wyden, Bernie Sanders, and Patty Murray sent a five-page letter asking KKR to disclose any facilities…
