Imagine that a woman wants to bring a claim for sexual harassment against her powerful
and wealthy former employer but can neither afford counsel nor find an attorney willing to …

In most jurisdictions one or more of the following is regulated in some manner: a. the
provision of advice about the law for financial reward; b. the use of specific professional titles …

Litigation funding-for-profit, nonrecourse funding of a litigation by a nonparty-is a new and
rapidly developing industry. It has been described as one of the" biggest and most influential …

In Third Party Funding, Gian Marco Solas, for the first time, describes third party funding
(TPF) as stand-alone practice within the wider litigation and legal services' markets. The …

The traditional class action is broken, and we propose to replace it with a new mechanism
for structuring mass claims: aggregation by acquisition. We argue that legal causes of action …

Litigation investment, sometimes known as litigation finance, is increasingly accepted
around the world. Once prohibited as champerty, litigation investment is now embraced in …

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 …

Like the uS, Australia has implemented an entrepreneurial class action regime where the
identification and aggregation of claims and their subsequent prosecution is guided by the …

Purpose Drawing on “Strategic Alliance” literature and qualitative research methods, the
purpose of this study is to examine the initiation and operations phases of the relationship …

Litigation finance can be deployed within the field of environmental disputes as effectively as
in traditionally targeted practice areas, in order to further the aims of environmental …