California isn't going as hard as Colorado or Illinois.
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California's state legislature last week passed a bill to restrict private equity investment in litigation firms, but it appears to have the bite of a goldfish.
Why it matters: Legal practices are greenfield for private equity, which has spent the past decade buying and rolling up virtually every other type of professional services partnership (financial advisory, medical, etc.).
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