Bentham’s Jim Batson Selected for a Panel Discussion at the ABA’s Litigation Section Program “Globalization of Securities Litigation”
On Monday, May 11, 2015, the American Bar Association Section of Litigation’s Class Action and Derivative Suits Committee and its Securities Litigation Committee will host a program at the New York City office of Baker & McKenzie LLP entitled “The Globalization of Securities Litigation.” This program will discuss the current status of shareholder rights’ litigation in Canada, Brazil, England, The Netherlands, and the United States, and how those laws are currently enforced via class and collective actions. Some of the matters up for discussion and debate include BP plc, Petrobras Brasileiro S.A., Royal Bank of Scotland plc, Tesco plc, and others.