STEVENSON, Md., Apr. 23, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The securities litigation law firm of Brower Piven, A Professional Corporation, announces that a class action lawsuit has been commenced in the United States District Court for the Central District of California on behalf of purchasers of Youku Tudou, Inc. (“Youku Tudou” or the “Company”) (NYSE:YOKU) securities during the period between February 27, 2014 and March 19, 2015, inclusive (the “Class Period”). Investors who wish to become proactively involved in the litigation have until May 25, 2015 to seek appointment as lead plaintiff.
If you have suffered a loss from investment in Youku Tudou securities purchased on or after February 27, 2014 and held through the revelation of negative information during and/or at the end of the Class Period, as described below, and would like to learn more about this lawsuit and your ability to participate as a lead plaintiff, without cost or obligation to you, please visit our website at http://www.browerpiven.com/currentsecuritiescases.html. You may also request more information by contacting Brower Piven either by email at hoffman@browerpiven.com or by telephone at (410) 415-6616. No class has yet been certified in the above action. Members of the Class will be represented by the lead plaintiff and counsel chosen by the lead plaintiff.
If you wish to choose counsel to represent you and the Class, you must apply to be appointed lead plaintiff and be selected by the Court. The lead plaintiff will direct the litigation and participate in important decisions including whether to accept a settlement for the Class in the action. The lead plaintiff will be selected from among applicants claiming the largest loss from investment in Company securities during the Class Period. Brower Piven also encourages anyone with information regarding the Company’s conduct during the period in question to contact the firm, including whistleblowers, former employees, shareholders and others.
The complaint accuses the defendants of violations of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 by virtue of the defendants’ failure to disclose during the Class Period that the Company improperly recognized revenue for multi-element arrangements, that the Company improperly recorded certain non-monetary transactions to exchange online broadcasting rights of video content with other online video broadcasting companies at the carrying values of the broadcasting rights transacted, instead of the properly-accounted fair value, and that the Company improperly accounted for its licensed content as long-lived assets.
According to the complaint, following the Company’s March 17, 2015 announcement that it would release its fourth quarter results on March 19, 2015, raising red flags, and following the Company’s March 19, 2015 announcement of a net loss of $51.3 million, and of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s investigation of certain aspects of the Company’s past accounting practices relating to revenue recognition for multi-part deals, accounting of “non-monetary exchanges of licensed content” and the classification of licensed content as long-lived assets, the value of Youku Tudou shares declined significantly.
Attorneys at Brower Piven have extensive experience in litigating securities and other class action cases and have been advocating for the rights of shareholders since the 1980s. If you choose to retain counsel, you may retain Brower Piven without financial obligation or cost to you, or you may retain other counsel of your choice. You need take no action at this time to be a member of the class.