代表地方议会的律师阿曼达·班顿(Amanda Banton)说:“这对评级机构来说是一次重创,多年来这些机构在发布评级的时候对投资者从来都是不承担责任的,但现在评级机构再也不能躲在免责声明背后,使自己不承担任何赔偿责任了。
John Walker, executive director of IMF Australia, the listed litigation company that funded the action by the local authorities, said the ruling was likely to pave the way for “significant recoveries in Europe.
为地方议会的诉讼提供资金支持的上市诉讼公司——澳洲IMF的执行董事约翰·沃克(John Walker)表示,此次判决很可能为欧洲的“重大索赔官司铺平道路。
Yet lawyers outside Australia remained sceptical about how easy it would be to pursue similar claims in Europe or the US, where agencies have largely succeeded in batting away dozens of legal cases, arguing that their ratings are just opinions, protected by the US Constitution’s free speech guarantee and by disclaimers in their reports.
然而,其他国家的律师对欧洲和美国开展类似诉讼的可能性持怀疑态度,因为评级机构主张他们的评级只是一种观点,受到美国宪法言论自由保护,并且他们的报告中附有免责声明,这一辩护理由使他们基本上成功地抵挡数十起官司。
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