Livedoor shareholders to seek damages from Horie for losses

Livedoor shareholders to seek damages from Horie for losses

TOKYO, Japan - Chohei Yonekawa (L), who heads a newly formed group of lawyers to help Livedoor shareholders, tells reporters in Tokyo on Feb. 21 that some Livedoor Co. shareholders plan to sue former President Takafumi Horie and other former top managers of the company around September to seek damages, saying they have suffered huge losses in purchasing its shares in the wake of allegations that the Livedoor group was involved in accounting fraud.

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