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An Ethics Checklist for Litigation Finance


Fee-Splitting vs. Independent Judgment in Portfolio Litigation ...

This direct funding from a third party to law firms creates a new ethical dilemma about whether attorneys can actually use independent judgment when they engage ...

Betting on the Client: Alternative Litigation Funding is an Ethically ...

22. Surprisingly, there is little to no guidance for lawyers regarding the ethical issues that arise from working with third-party litigation funders in ...

Secrecy Or Prejudice: Panelists Debate Transparency in Litigation ...

... to determine how much control funders exercise, but litigation funders contend that existing ethics rules offer sufficient protections.

Litigation Finance - Omni Bridgeway

It also involves an analysis of the claimant's background and financial position and the capabilities of the law firms and lawyers handling the case, including ...

Ethics in Estate Planning: Key Issues Checklist - Practical Law

This document is from Thomson Reuters Practical Law, the legal know-how that goes beyond primary law and traditional legal research to give lawyers a better ...

ABA's new guidance on litigation funding misses the mark

Section III of the ABA best practices divides legal finance into client-directed and lawyer-directed funding arrangements, but by placing lawyer ...

Commercial Litigation Funding: Learning the Basics, Surveying the ...

Given that this emerging market is booming, and established and new funders are increasingly funding the costs of claimants and their lawyers ...

Litigation Finance - Fox Rothschild LLP

Many of the legal matters in this area of the law focus on an attorney's ethical obligations and the attorney-client relationship generally. Our experienced ...

Ethics Opinions Search Detail - State Bar of Michigan

The Michigan Rules of Professional Conduct do not preclude a lawyer from financing litigation costs through a loan from a third-party lending institution.

Ethics Opinion 375 - DC Bar

... funds to pay for someone else's legal representation. Crowdfunding may provide financial resources for individuals who might otherwise be unable to secure ...

The Economic Case Against Forced Disclosure of Third Party ...

If there is an ethical concern about attorneys' fee structures or their arrangements with litigation funders, it is appropriate for their ...

Formal Opinion 2011-2: Third Party Litigation Financing | New York ...

Providing financing companies access to client information not only raises concerns regarding a lawyer's ethical obligation to preserve client confidences, it ...

"A Model Litigation Finance Contract" by Maya Steinitz and Abigail ...

... the ethical and economic challenges faced by the parties entering into litigation finance contracts and narratively explain the contractual solutions they ...

Third Party Litigation Financing Research Roundtable

How, if at all, can lawyers manage their ethical responsibilities and fiduciary duties to clients if they accept TPLF? Should it be a ...

New York Bar Provides Ethical Guidance for Client Litigation Funding

The Need for Clear Ethical Standards in an Unregulated Industry ... The current lack of regulation in litigation funding enables unethical ...

An Overview of How Third-Party Litigation Funders are Being ...

Critics further contend that external financiers might inappropriately influence case strategies, decisions on settlements, and other crucial ...

Litigation Finance Ethics: Paying Interest - Search eLibrary :: SSRN

However, financing comes at a cost, and the question of who pays the cost implicates several ethical issues for attorneys. This article analyzes ...

NRS: CHAPTER 604C - CONSUMER LITIGATION FUNDING

An attorney or law firm retained by the consumer in connection with his or her legal claim shall not have a financial interest in the consumer litigation ...

Litigation finance faces ethical quandaries - The Economist

Its value to a claimant comes from the performance of an underlying asset—litigation—with an uncertain, potentially lucrative outcome. No ...

A New York City Ethics Committee Embraces Litigation Funding

A key New York City Bar Association ethics committee's proposal that New York amend its legal ethics rules to explicitly permit litigation ...