First order of business - apologies for the recent radio silence. We are back and will be publishing regularly again.

Second order of business, to invite readers to a webcast that I will be moderating, Accountability Goes Global: International Investors and U.S. Securities Class Actions on Wednesday, May 9 at 9:30 am EDT (GMT -4).

The webcast will complement a soon to be published companion paper examining the increasing role that international institutional investors are playing in US Securities Class Actions.

You can register for the free webcast using the following link:

http://www.issproxy.com/globalaccountability/index.jsp

Hope to see you there.