The other part was about how short selling tossed a huge monkeywrench in the court settlement, one that can't be solved by improved recordkeeping.
Ultimately the solution is to have everyone who had a short position 3 years ago come back and pay a bit more to their partner. But obviously this is problematic for many reasons, first and foremost being that they probably have not been depositing money into a collateral account for a position they closed three years ago. Some may be dead or gone. It's a huge mess.
Why can't they just make Dole responsible for covering payments from missing short sellers? I mean, there is a judgment that Dole is responsible, overall.
Ultimately the solution is to have everyone who had a short position 3 years ago come back and pay a bit more to their partner. But obviously this is problematic for many reasons, first and foremost being that they probably have not been depositing money into a collateral account for a position they closed three years ago. Some may be dead or gone. It's a huge mess.