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Law Firm ILN-telligence Podcast | Episode 92: Ron Davis | Fogler Rubinoff

Ron Davis is a partner with Fogler Rubinoff in Toronto, where he has over 35 years of litigation experience. In this episode, he and Lindsay chat about challenges and opportunities in the legal industry in Toronto and...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Litigation Finance: Questions Companies Should Consider in Deciding Whether to Pursue Litigation Financing

Litigation finance is a growing industry. Increasing awareness of the ability to finance lawsuits is changing claimants’ analysis of when to bring claims and how to fund their businesses while they do. In deciding whether...more

Firesign | Enlightened Legal Marketing

Process Models, FAQs: Close More Clients Through Clarity

Imagine this: You hurt your knee, and you’re scouting orthopedic surgeons. The first doctor you see tells you “Every knee is different, I’ll just have to open you up and go from there.” When you ask how long recovery may...more

Esquire Deposition Solutions, LLC

AI in Law Practice Commanded Attention in 2023

Who would have thought that a profession not widely associated with tech savvy would be consumed with interest in artificial intelligence technologies in 2023? Yet that was certainly the case, as readership numbers for...more

Jones & Keller, P.C.

Funding Litigation Goes Upscale to Companies and Law Firms

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Funding litigation has gone upscale from its more modest personal injury roots. With skyrocketing litigation costs, both public and private companies and law firms are turning to litigation funders to soften the short-term...more

Jones Day

Victorian Supreme Court Denies First Ever Contingency Fee Applications in Class Actions

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The Facts  The plaintiffs in two separate class actions (Fox v Westpac Banking Corporation & Anor (Fox) and Crawford v Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd & Ors (Crawford)) sought GCOs from the court pursuant to the...more

Tyson & Mendes LLP

Litigation Funding in New York: The Effect on Nuclear Verdicts™ and Overall Implications

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Litigation funding, also called litigation finance, is a rapidly growing industry and involves a practice where a third-party funds some, or all, of a plaintiff’s legal expenses in exchange for a portion of the proceeds from...more

Pullman & Comley, LLC

Litigation Funding for Bankruptcy Litigation Gets a Boost from Recent Appellate Decisions

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Litigation funding has becoming increasingly common for general litigation matters, although its validity will still depend upon applicable state law.  See generally Robert Miller, J.D., Annotation, Enforcement and Funding of...more

Jones Day

Australia Increases Scrutiny for Litigation Funders

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The Situation: Following a boom in class actions backed by litigation funders, the Australian Federal Government has introduced new regulations which classify litigation funding schemes as "managed investment schemes" and...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Interview with Lauren Bernstein, Director at Curiam Capital LLC

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One of the more noteworthy developments over the past few years in the litigation arena has been the rise of litigation funding. A newer name in the industry is Curiam Capital LLC, launched in 2018 by Owen L. Cyrulnik and J....more

Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A.

Minnesota Supreme Court Approves Litigation Funding

On Wednesday, June 3, 2020, the Minnesota Supreme Court approved of the practice of litigation funding in the state, abolishing common law restrictions prohibiting third parties from covering all or part of the costs of...more

Gray Reed

Defining a Win in Litigation: Addressing the Hidden Costs

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Last month we talked about how establishing goals for litigation “wins” requires taking emotion out of litigation, and clear communication between lawyer and client.  We also talked about the need to re-evaluate litigation...more

Baker Donelson

Matter Budgets Matter: A Case Study You Can Take to the Bank

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All attorneys, whether in a small or large firm, are feeling the pressures of client demands for controlling costs. Most attorneys are more than willing to provide the client with their best guess of the potential cost of a...more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

Client Alert: A Business Person’s Guide to Attorneys’ Fees in Transactions, Research, and Litigation

The thought of attorney’s fees can strike fear in even the most brave and confident business person. This is because the law is one of the few fields where you may ask for services and agree to pay for them while not knowing...more

Proskauer - Minding Your Business

Defense Funding: The Next Frontier for Litigation Financing

Litigation funders are well aware that half of the potential market is largely untapped. Clients would prefer to focus on their business rather than litigation, and offload some or all of their defense costs to a third-party....more

Fenwick & West LLP

A Strategic Look at Champerty and Third-Party Litigation Financing

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Third-party litigation financing is a topic of increasing interest. The practice has become more common, and federal courts as well as the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board are responding to ensure that the real parties in...more

Gray Reed

Is Litigation Funding Legal?

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Last month, this blog provided an overview of litigation funding, and identified a number of issues which we planned to cover over the next several months. This month’s installment focuses on the legality of litigation...more

Gray Reed

Could Corporate Litigation Funding Change Lawsuits?

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Earlier this year we covered how Jim Duncey, the majority owner and face of Duncey’s Caps, Inc., was involved in a car accident and arrested for DWI. While the company survived the initial PR crisis, its bottom line did not....more

Mintz - Arbitration, Mediation, ADR...

Are Third-Party Funding Costs Recoverable in Arbitration?

Third-party litigation and arbitration funding is increasingly being utilized in the United States. Are the corresponding financing costs recoverable in arbitrations? According to the N.Y. Times, dispute resolution funding...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Pulling Back the Curtain: Moving Toward Disclosure of Third-Party Funding in Litigation - Who's Who Legal

Civil litigation, once a realm confined to rules-based conflict resolution between adverse parties, has become profitable commerce in the US. Where commerce thrives, investors looking for healthy returns follow. Unlike other...more

Mintz

PE Opportunity in Litigation Financing

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Litigation financing has quickly grown from a fledging concept into a robust industry. The concept is simple: in exchange for a share of any proceeds, a financing firm agrees to pay all or a portion of the plaintiff’s legal...more

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5 Questions To Ask Before Entering Joint-Representation AFA

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One growing trend is for clients to enter into alternative fee arrangements in which one law firm represents multiple parties who “share” fees and costs in a related matter. For example, a law firm might represent...more

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