class actions
Posted: November 24th, 2016, 4:29 pm
posting here because it is a legal matter but I am mostly concerned about the implications for investors.
I have just read a piece on the Bloomberg website about the legal cases being brought against VW in regard to the DIesel emissions scandal and the use of "defeat devices" to fool national emissions standards.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/ ... or-nothing
There is also a case being brought by shareholders against Tesco because of an accounting fraud a few years ago, and in this litigious age probably more.
It has always seemed to me to be self- defeating for shareholders to bring a case against a company in which they hold shares, on the very obvious grounds that any compensation will be balanced out by the loss in value of the shares they hold.
What am I missing?
In addition, why if it is proven that the shareholders bringing the case have been misled and receive compensation why shouldn' t all other shareholders be similarly recompensed-is it another case of the benefit of the law being only available to those with the financial wherewithal to fund such cases?
I have just read a piece on the Bloomberg website about the legal cases being brought against VW in regard to the DIesel emissions scandal and the use of "defeat devices" to fool national emissions standards.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/ ... or-nothing
There is also a case being brought by shareholders against Tesco because of an accounting fraud a few years ago, and in this litigious age probably more.
It has always seemed to me to be self- defeating for shareholders to bring a case against a company in which they hold shares, on the very obvious grounds that any compensation will be balanced out by the loss in value of the shares they hold.
What am I missing?
In addition, why if it is proven that the shareholders bringing the case have been misled and receive compensation why shouldn' t all other shareholders be similarly recompensed-is it another case of the benefit of the law being only available to those with the financial wherewithal to fund such cases?