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Baker Botts L.L.P.

An Attorney's Ethical Obligations to the Client in Third-Party Funded Litigation

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The landscape of legal practice has significantly changed due to the proliferation of third-party litigation funding, a financial mechanism that provides capital to plaintiffs, including patent owners, in exchange for an...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

Morgan Lewis

Singapore to Consider Third-Party Funding in International Arbitration

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The Singapore Ministry of Law has commenced a public consultation of the Draft Civil Law (Amendment) Bill 2015 and Civil Law (Third Party Funding) Regulations 2016....more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"Mass Tort and Consumer Class Action Outlook: Opportunities and Challenges"

In 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to hand down several decisions addressing overbroad or “no-injury” class actions, and a number of important issues are percolating in the lower courts as well. Below are some issues...more

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