World Class Actions - A Guide to Group and Representative Actions around the Globe.

A practical guide for attorneys and their clients on the procedures available for class, group, and representative actions throughout the world. Provides world-wide jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction coverage of the class action, group, collective, derivative, and other representative action procedures. Offers guidance from the perspective of international attorneys practicing in foreign jurisdictions and the art of counseling and representing clients in international litigation. Covers a variety of topics related to transnational and multi-jurisdictional class actions brought in the United States that involve international issues and interests. Chapters introduce key books, treatises, articles, or other reference materials to foster further research. Class action and other group litigation procedures are increasingly being adopted in jurisdictions throughout the world, as more countries deal with the realities of increased globalization and access to information. As a result, attorneys and their clients face the ever-expanding prospect of a class or group action outside their home jurisdictions.

Each chapter offers practice tips and cultural insights helpful to an attorney or litigant facing a dispute in a particular part of the world. Many of the chapters introduce key books, treatises, articles, or other reference materials to foster further research. Its focus on international class and group litigation law from a practitioner's perspective makes World Class Actions an essential guide for the lawyer or client.

Edited by: Paul G. Karlsgodt, is a partner in the Denver office of the U.S. law firm Baker & Hostetler LLP and editor and primary contributor to the legal blog www.classactionblawg.com. Mr. Karlsgodt's law practice focuses on class action defense and other complex commercial litigation. He founded and served as the first Chair of the Class Actions, Derivative Suits and Mass Torts Subsection of the Litigation Section of the Colorado Bar Association and is a frequent speaker and author on class action-related topics.

ISBN: 9780199730247

Publisher: Oxford University Press - USA 13 September 2012

Format: Paperback  854 pages | 235x156mm

CONTENTS:

Acknowledgments Introduction

Part I of the book provides a jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction survey of the class action, group, collective, derivative, and other representative action procedures available across the globe. Each chapter is written from a local perspective, by an attorney familiar with the laws, best practices, legal climate, and culture of the jurisdiction.

• Multi-party and Representative Action Systems Around the World  1: The United States  2: Canada  3: Latin America  4: Representative Actions and Proposed Reforms in the European Union  5: United Kingdom  6: Denmark  7: Sweden  8: Finland  9: Norway  10: Germany  11: Austria  12: Switzerland  13: Belgium  14: The Netherlands  15: Spain  16: Portugal  17: France  18: Italy  19: Russia  20: Israel  21: South Africa  22: Australia  23: The Asia-Pacific Region  24: Collective Actions in China  25: India

Part II provides guidance from the perspective of international attorneys practicing in foreign jurisdictions and the art of counseling and representing clients in international litigation. It also covers a variety of topics related to transnational, multi-jurisdictional, and class or collective actions that involve international issues and interests.

• Selected Topics in International and Transnational Class Action Law 770  26: Prosecuting Class Actions and Group Litigation  27: Multijurisdictional and Transnational Class Litigation: Lawsuits Heard 'Round the World' 888  28: International Class Action Notice  29: International Class Actions Under the U.S. Alien Tort Claims Act 992  30: International Class Arbitration 1011  31: Representing Clients in Litigation Abroad Table of Cases Index.