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Updated daily, the SCAS securities litigation database goes back more than 20 years and provides unparalleled coverage of U.S. state, federal, and SEC disgorgement actions as well as international securities class actions. Our global research coverage includes all countries that authorize collective investor lawsuits (including, but not limited to, Australia, Canada, Germany, Israel, Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, South Korea, and Taiwan). Currently, the database covers more than 6,300 cases, 3,700 settlements, and over 40,000 unique security identifiers.

The SCAS team includes17 dedicated professionals with 2 JDs and 5 MBAs. The SCAS team uncovers cases that other providers miss, with comprehensive class-action data, including:

Class periods
Settlement dates
Status reports
Award amounts
Claim deadline dates
Claims administrator details
Pertinent related data

Our online application allows clients to identify hot lists of new cases and pending settlements, customized to match their holdings and transactional history, with detailed, portfolio-specific historical views. Cases can also be searched by dozens of attributes.

Clients also receive access to thought leadership through the articles and analysis in the Securities Class Action Alert newsletter and the Securities Litigation Watch blog. SCAS researchers are regularly quoted by the financial press, including The Wall Street Journal, ABC News, The American Lawyer, Cornerstone Research, NERA Economic Consulting, and the Securities Docket.

SCAS also offers a sophisticated Loss Calculator to permit clients to quickly identify their estimated losses in each new securities class action case. Many clients use this solution to help determine whether to take a lead plaintiff role in securities litigation.

Loss calculations are determined by using the client’s historical transactions and holdings for the period that they want to cover. Coupled with our services for claims filing, loss calculations use the client's data to automatically calculate losses under three standard accounting methods.

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The Top Securities Class Action Services 50 for 2011

Submitted by root on Fri, 2012-05-11 16:30

Building on the industry's most comprehensive database on securities class action litigation, ISS' Securitites Class Action Services 50 report lists the top 50 plaintiffs' law firms ranked by the total dollar amount of final securities class action settlements occurring in 2011 in which the law firm served as lead or co-lead counsel.

ISS Completes Study Commissioned by the Government Pension Investment Fund of Japan

Rockville, MD; April 12, 2012 – Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS), a leading provider of end-to-end corporate governance solutions, today announced the completion of a study for the Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) of Japan on certain impediments to the effective exercise of shareholder voting rights in the region covered by the MSCI Emerging Market Index. The GPIF commissioned ISS to perform the study in the Fall of 2011. The study is part of the GPIF’s efforts to examine how voting rights are being exercised for non-Japanese equities.

Institutional Shareholder Services Raises the Bar for Transparency and Responsiveness

Rockville, MD (March 29, 2012) – Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), a leading provider of end-to-end corporate governance solutions, today announced that it has established a new Feedback Review Board, setting a new high water mark for transparency, openness and responsiveness.

2012 Proxy Season Preview: Environmental & Social Issues

Submitted by root on Tue, 2012-03-20 12:05

Investors have filed more proposals this year that relate to political spending and lobbying, but fewer resolutions on climate change and sustainability.

ISS Updates Compliance with AMF Recommendation No. 2011-06 of 18 March 2011 on Proxy Advisory Firms

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Institutional Shareholder Services Helps Clearstream Enhance Proxy Voting Service

Rockville,MD; London, U.K. – March 1, 2012 – Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), a leading provider of end-to-end corporate governance solutions, today announced that Clearstream, has launched an enhanced proxy voting service facilitated through ISS’ ProxyExchange™ platform.

ISS Webinar: Preseason Primer for North America

Thursday, February 23, 2012 - 11:00

23 February 2012, 11:00 AM EST

The informative webinar gave a preview to the spring 2012 proxy season in the United States and Canada. During the webinar, the panelists discussed how U.S. companies and investors are addressing executive compensation issues during the second year of mandatory say-on-pay votes. Additionally, the panelists reviewed shareholder proposals seeking proxy access, independent board chairs, and disclosure of corporate political activities. For the Canadian market, key issues including say-on-pay and shareholder proposals were discussed.