This article represents the first attempt to apply a comparative legal and economic approach
to the study of third-party litigation funding (TPLF)-one of the most innovative trends in civil …

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HARMONIZING THIRD-PARTY LITIGATION FUNDING REGULATION Victoria A. Shannont …

In February 2010, a court in northeastern Ecuador handed down an $18.2 billion judgment
against Chevron Corporation on behalf of Ecuadorians living in areas affected by its drilling …

Abstract In NonLawyer Influencing Lawyers: Too Many Cooks in the Kitchen or Stone
Soup?, __ Fordham L. Rev. __ (2012), I argue that the current US rules and regulations …

Third-party litigation funding (TPLF) is where an investor otherwise unconnected with a legal
action finances all or part of a claimant's legal costs. If the case fails, the funder loses its …

In this paper, we analyze three different ways to finance litigation, namely (i) self-finance by
plaintiffs,(ii) contingent fees arrangements and (iii) third-party financing. We show how they …

For many years the topic of recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments has been the
scholar's delight. Students of conflict of laws, constitutional law, comparative law …

More than fifteen years ago, plaintiffs in the United States began to realize that litigation
financing could enable them to pursue their legal rights.'While litigation financing has the …

In sum, I end with a word of caution. Despite the doctrinal support for the existence of a
common interest between claim funders and claim holders, because of the common …

This study investigates the governance attributes of firms that have been subject to securities
class actions (SCAs). There has been a recent sizable increase in the number of firms …