General Chapters: 1 EU Developments in Relation to Cross-border Actions for Collective Redress - Alison Brown, Arnold & Porter (UK) LLP 2 International Class Action Settlements in the Netherlands since Converium - Ruud Hermans & Jan de Bie Leuveling Tjeenk, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek N.V. 3 Has the U.S. Class Action Well Run Dry? Evaluating the Impact of Recent Supreme Court Opinions on Toxic Tort Litigation - Jennifer L. Brown & Ina D. Chang, Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. 4 Opt-out is Hardly an Option - Werner Eyskens & Nanyi Kaluma, Allen & Overy LLP Country Chapters: 5 Argentina Bullo - Tassi - Estebenet - Lipera - Torassa - Abogados: Gustavo J. Torassa & Mariano E. de Estrada 6 Australia Clayton Utz: Colin Loveday & Andrew Morrison 7 Austria Fiebinger Polak Leon & Partner Rechtsanwalte GmbH: DDr. Karina Hellbert 8 Belgium Linklaters LLP: Joost Verlinden & Stijn Sabbe 9 Brazil Brasil, Pereira Neto, Galdino, Macedo Advogados: Flavio Galdino 10 Canada Stikeman Elliott LLP: David R. Byers & Adrian C. Lang 11 China Smith & Partners in affiliation with Carroll, Burdick & McDonough: Terence Lee & Lilian Chye 12 England & Wales Arnold & Porter (UK) LLP: Alison Brown & Ian Dodds-Smith 13 France August & Debouzy: Dominique de Combles de Nayves & Benoit Javaux 14 Germany Carroll, Burdick & McDonough: Daniel Schulz & Michael B. Hixson 15 Hong Kong Smith & Partners in affiliation with Carroll, Burdick & McDonough: Terence Lee & Lilian Chye 16 India J. Sagar Associates: Amar Gupta & Ananya Kumar 17 Italy Gianni, Origoni, Grippo & Partners: GianBattista Origoni & Daniele Vecchi 18 Japan Anderson Mori & Tomotsune: Nobuhito Sawasaki & Toshishige Fujiwara 19 Mexico Rios-Ferrer, Guillen-Llarena, Trevino y Rivera, S.C.: Ricardo Rios-Ferrer & Julio Gutierrez Morales 20 Poland University of Oxford: Dr Magdalena Tulibacka 21 Romania Pachiu & Associates: Corina Radu & Ioana Gherman 22 Russia Dechert Russia LLC: Ivan Marisin & Vasily Kuznetsov 23 Spain Uria Menendez: Alejandro Ferreres Comella & Cristina Ayo Ferrandiz 24 Sweden Frank Advokatbyra AB: Marcus Axelryd & Barin Ozmen 25 USA Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.: Holly Pauling Smith & Madeleine M. McDonough