Earlier this month, the New York Sun ran an interesting feature article on the Time Warner securities litigation. Although the securities class action settled for $2.5 billion last year, some institutional investors who decided to opt-out of the case appear to be doing even better than the class participants. The State of Alaska, for example, recently settled its related state court action against Time Warner for 83% of its estimated damages. Thanks to Point of Law for the link.
Quote of note: “While Alaska may be the most successful opt-out plaintiff thus far, others have also improved their lot by going it alone. A Dutch retirement fund, Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP, won a $20 million settlement from Time Warner earlier this year on what ABP said was $150 million in investment losses. ABP’s chief counsel told a Dutch newspaper, Het Financieele Dagblad, that the fund would have gotten only $1 million to $3 million if it had stayed in the class.”
Addition: Lies, Damn Lies, & Forward-Looking Statements has a post on this article that offers more details and links on the opt-out cases.
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