In recent years, private equity (PE) firms have bought and sold more businesses, at higher prices, than ever before. This growth has raised the stakes for all parties. For sellers, in particular, bigger deals mean the claims...more
In the 19th century, “ruffians roamed the streets” and robbed “unsuspecting victims” using a tactic knowing as “sandbagging”: They wielded “ostensibly harmless socks” that were in fact “filled with sand and used as weapons.” ...more