Commercial legal finance is increasingly in the headlines these days—and the headlines that matter most, arguably, are those that discuss recent rulings by judges demonstrating support for commercial legal finance and recognizing that the existence of funding and funding agreements are not proper subjects for discovery or discussion at trial.
In recent months, for example, U.S. District Court Chief Judge Rodney Gilstrap of the Eastern District of Texas and U.S. District Court Judge Alan D. Albright of the Western District of Texas issued orders holding that parties in upcoming trials were precluded from introducing evidence, testimony or argument regarding legal finance.
