DRRT's Global Loss Recovery Blog

On Wednesday, February 7, 2024, over 130 institutional shareholders served ING Groep NV (“ING”) and certain former directors of ING with a writ of summons claiming over €600 million in damages caused by ING’s failure to properly inform the market of material information relating to ING Bank N.V.’s (“ING Bank”) alleged corrupt practices and violation of anti-money laundering laws.  This lawsuit follows the €775 million fine ING paid to the Netherlands Public Prosecution Service (Openbaar Ministerie) (the “NPPS”) in 2018 for violations of anti-money laundering laws.

DRRT is launching an update to its Global Investor Protection System (GPS).

Launched in 2011, DRRT's GPS provides investors with a comprehensive view of all securities loss recovery matters worldwide.

The recent DRRT settlement with Hypo Real Estate Holding was recently featured in The D&O Diary. 

Das seit Januar 2009 anhängige Gerichtsverfahren zwischen DRRT-Rechtsanwalt Christian Wefers - als Musterkläger für über 100 DRRT Mandanten - und der HRE wurde nunmehr erfolgreich verglichen und schreibt damit Geschichte für Musterverfahren nach dem Kapitalanleger-Musterverfahrensgesetz (KapMuG). Dieser Vergleich folgt der vergleichsweisen Beendigung des Telekom-Musterverfahrens im Jahr 2021, welches das erste, große deutsche Kapitalanlegermusterverfahren war und seit 2001 lief.

The court proceedings pending since January 2009 between DRRT attorney Christian Wefers – as model plaintiff for more than 100 DRRT clients – and HRE have now been successfully settled, making history for model proceedings under the German Capital Markets Model Case Act (KapMuG). This settlement follows the settlement of the Telekom model proceedings in 2021, which were the first major German Capital Markets model proceedings and had been ongoing since 2001.

DRRT was delighted to host its 12th Annual Global Investor Loss Recovery Conference in Frankfurt on May 12 and 13. Among the speakers, we were honored to have Mr. Kevin LaCroix, author of the popular The D&O Diary. Mr. LaCroix posted a blog post highlighting his time in Germany. We invite you to visit The D&O Diary. 

In another example of DRRT's commitment and support of our local community in the challenging times surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, DRRT made a financial contribution of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Miami-Dade in late April 2020. The contribution will allow The Boys and Girls Clubs of Miami-Dade to continue serving the younger citizens of our community during these challenging times.

DRRT will continue to support our local community and we thank our clients who make this possible.

DRRT is committed in supporting our local community in the challenging times surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. DRRT is proud to support the efforts of the Lotus House in providing shelter for women, youth, and children. DRRT’s donations served to stock up on supplies, additional staff, and an increased number of meals served as the shelter in place order was issued.

DRRT will continue to support our local community and we thank our clients who make this possible. 

DRRT’s Managing Partner, Alexander Reus, was invited to speak at the 17th Brazilian Congress of International Law and at The Center for Arbitration and Mediation of the Chamber of Commerce Brazil-Canada for presentations regarding investor protection in Brazil and around the world. He participated, along with Mr. Claudio Finkelstein and others, on a panel named “Shareholder Loss recovery: Arbitration vs. Litigation? Quo vadis?”.

On Thursday, June 20, 2019, DRRT, along with its local counsel Koga & Partners, successfully filed the first complaint against Kobe Steel, Ltd in Tokyo District Court, claiming over ¥5 billion in damages. Kobe Steel is Japan’s third largest steelmaker, as well as a major supplier of aluminum, copper and other products around the world.