Interesting Reads for the Week of Oct 20

Some interesting legal reads for the week of October 20, 2014:

• DealBook on a trend in private equity to open investments to individual investors, not just institutional investors, though there are still relatively high minimum investments and investible asset requirements.
• Also from DealBook, corporate spinoffs tend to work out well for both the company being spun off and the former parent company.
• The WSJ’s Private Equity Beat on corporate acquirers gobbling up smaller (sub-$50 million) companies.