Shareholders have a right to be angry about corporate malfeasance and institutional incompetence. But should they, automatically, have a right to much more? Take the case of the London-listed outsourcer Serco and security group G4S from July 2013. Shares in the two fell heavily when they were accused of overcharging the government by millions of pounds for the electronic tagging of offenders.
” However, would enabling more and much larger group actions really be a bonus to London’s market? Already, corporate advisers and even some claimants’ lawyers worry that nuisance suits may be encouraged by commercially aggressive law firms and litigation funders.
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