You may recall that back in October I commenced a project researching the current state of securities class actions outside the U.S.  That research has produced some interesting findings and has helped me to form relationships with lawyers around the world who have insight into securities class action developments in their countries. 

On February 16 at 10 a.m. Eastern Standard Time, my company, ISS' Securities Class Action Services, will host a free webcast featuring lawyers representing seven countries in which securities class actions have emerged or are now emerging.  Those countries and lawyers are as follows:

• Canada -- John Chapman; Miller Thompson LLP

• South Korea -- Timothy Trinka and Y.J. Cho; Bae, Kim & Lee

• Israel -- Avi Wagner; Glancy Binkow & Goldberg LLP

• Germany -- Martin Heinsius and Markus Mueller-Dott; DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary

• Sweden -- Claes Rainer and Kennedi Akdogan; DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary

• Italy -- Stefano Modenesi and Silvia Casano; DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary

• The Netherlands -- Ellen Soerjatin; DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary

I also will provide information during the webcast on securities class actions in Australia that was provided to me by the Melbourne law firm of Maurice Blackburn Cashman.

A copy of the invitation is pasted below.  To attend the webcast, please visit the following link.

UPDATE:  ISS' press release with additional information about this webcast is available here.