July 2026No. 213
No. 213
The Quiet Owners
Consolidation, and the paperwork behind it.
124 pages9 featuresPhoto essayCover by Sela Amari
Contents
Features22The quiet consolidation of American dentistryPrivate equity now owns one in four practices in six states. Patients notice the pricing before they notice the ownership.Priya Raghunathan58The court that quietly runs the internetA single district in Texas now hears a third of American patent litigation. Its docket shapes what ships.Elliot Shaw