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Regulatory and legal issues surrounding the burgeoning litigation finance market, as well as deals, financials, and analysis of how litigation funding is changing the practice of law.
By Amanda Bronstad | May 9, 2018
A judge overseeing hundreds of opioid lawsuits has ordered lawyers to disclose their third-party litigation financing arrangements.
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By Katheryn Tucker | May 9, 2018
The Georgia Supreme Court has been asked to decide whether litigation funding agreements amount to illegally high interest loans or investment contracts that reward risk—and industry groups are watching and filing amicus briefs in support of the practice.
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By Amanda Bronstad | May 7, 2018
A federal judge overseeing the multidistrict litigation over the opioid epidemic has ordered lawyers to disclose all third-party financing arrangements in their cases.
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By Roy Strom | May 7, 2018
After selling their litigation funding business to Burford Capital Ltd., the founders of Gerchen Keller Capital launched their own plaintiffs firm earlier this year. Now that new firm is taking aim at its first defendants.
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By Roy Strom | May 7, 2018
By bringing on two legal executives with startup experience, the world's largest litigation funder is making a bet that there is still a lot of room to grow.
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By Katheryn Tucker | May 4, 2018
Here's how a settlement came about in the "ground zero" lawsuit that launched a national conversation about sexual abuse of children in training for Olympic sports.
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By Lidia Dinkova | May 4, 2018
Levine plays guitar, a bit of bass guitar and some keyboards, and also has a propensity and a gift for math and science. These skills have proven helpful in the courtroom and in mediation.
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By Cliff Rieders | April 26, 2018
This case presents an issue of first impression among the circuit courts: how courts should apply that express pre-emption provision to state law tort claims challenging the design and manufacture of a medical device comprised of multiple components, some of which are from "Class III" medical devices subject to federal requirements.
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By Ben Hancock | April 24, 2018
Christopher Hagale brings expertise in accounting malpractice and trade secrets, and expands Lake Whillans' geographic footprint to the Midwest.
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By Katheryn Tucker | April 17, 2018
The total amount with interest: $47,045,342.46, according to lead plaintiffs counsel James Butler Jr. of Butler Wooten & Peak in Atlanta and Columbus.
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