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Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Toward Disclosure of Third-Party Litigation Funding in Class Actions

In January 2012, a natural gas-drilling rig exploded off the coast of Nigeria and burned for more than 40 days. Two years later, six Nigerians filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California...more

A&O Shearman

Third party funders held liable for costs on an indemnity basis

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Excalibur Ventures LLC v Texas Keystone Inc & Ors [2016] EWCA Civ 1144, 18 November 2016 - The Court of Appeal has provided important guidance on the extent to which third party litigation funders may be liable to pay...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Bankrolling Class Actions: Court Rules That Plaintiff Must Identify Third-Party Funder Of Class Action Lawsuit

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Seyfarth Synopsis: The increasingly common practice of third-party funding of class actions, which provides tax incentives to plaintiffs’ attorneys and third-party funders alike, may no longer be protected under...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Distressed Download

Lessons from Sabine - In March, Bankruptcy Judge Shelley Chapman held that Sabine Oil & Gas Corp. satisfied the standards for rejection of several gathering and handling agreements between Sabine and its midstream...more

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