An international securities class action trial against French media conglomerate Vivendi International started today in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. For a report on the trial’s first day, see this article by Larry Neumeister of the Associated Press. The case is somewhat unique because the class consists of investors from several European countries, including France, England, and the Netherlands. For previous CAB entries discussing the Vivendi case and other cases involving would-be, multi-national classes of investors, see these posts dated July 31 and September 8, 2008.
International Securities Class Action Trial Begins
October 6, 2009 by Paul Karlsgodt
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