¹ The series of conferences was organized under the aegis of Stanford University and the University of Oxford. The contributions presented at the various meetings led to the launching of the Stanford Global Class Action Exchange available at: <http://globalclassactions.stanford.edu/>.

² See Merryb Ekberg, “The Parameters of the Risk Society: A Review and Exploration” (2007) 55(3) Current Sociology 343.

³ See, e.g. Manuel A Gómez, “Will the Birds Stay South? The Rise of Class Actions and Other Forms of Group Litigation Across Latin America” (2012) 43 University of Miami Inter-American Law Review 3.

⁴ See, generally, Manuel A Gómez, “All In The Family: The Influence of Social Networks on Dispute Processing” (2008) 36 Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law 291.

⁵ For a general overview of this dispute, see, generally, Manuel A Gómez, “The Global Chase: Seeking the Recognition and Enforcement of the Lago Agrio Judgment Outside of Ecuador” (2013) 1 Stanford Journal of Complex Litigation 101; and Manuel A Gómez, “A sour battle in Lago Agrio and beyond: The metamorphosis of transnational litigation and the protection of collective rights in Ecuador” (2015) 46 University of Miami Inter-American Law Review 153.

⁶ For a general discussion about the scope of risk regulation, see, Bridget M Hutter, “What Makes a Regulator Excellent? A Risk Regulation Perspective”, Paper prepared for the Penn Program on Regulation’s Best-in-Class Regulator Initiative (June 2015).