when you transfer something on btc-e exchange, it is no longer yours. They give you a remote to do something with it, but that's about it.
so, all who had something on btc-e, return is based only on a good will. Or luck. Or Russian steel balls. Divine providence. Call it whatever you want.
So far, i choose to believe them. Time will show.
Everybody involved should keep calm and wait, pissing around with lawyers, mafia, baseball bats and so on, makes you look like 2yr old girl who lost her favorite blanket.