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30 May 2016, 6:37 am
Champerty and maintenance explainer (Gawker/Hogan/Thiel edition)A judicial ‘off-ramp’ for cases that fall apart Vancouver billionaire became Mossack Fonseca client while facing criminal charges - Toronto Star Casey Anthony paid her lawyer in sex, investigator claimsVancouver Island couple now both accused of impersonating Fort McMurray evacueesPolice raid marijuana dispensaries across Toronto'Like a TV show': Witness describes Toronto police raid on storefront pot… [read post]
27 May 2022, 4:00 am
The Supreme Court found that 1) maintenance is helping another prosecute a suit; 2) champerty is maintaining a suit in return for a financial interest in the outcome, and 3) barratry is a continuing practice of maintenance or champerty. [read post]
3 Jun 2020, 8:04 am
The Minnesota Supreme Court has held that a litigation funder has an enforceable contract This appeal arises from a contract between appellant Prospect Funding Holdings LLC and respondent Pamela Maslowski whereby appellant purchased an interest in respondent’s personal injury suit.... [read post]
4 Nov 2007, 9:10 pm
Long regarded as more conservative than the U.S. on matters of litigation ethics, Great Britain may soon bid to out-Americanize the Americans:[German-based international insurer Allianz] is launching a new business dedicated to investing in British legal disputes. [read post]
Doctor Tries to Shut Down Med Malpractice Lawsuit by Suing Victim’s Lawyers: Frank v. Legate et. al.
22 Sep 2015, 11:10 am
Frank also claimed that she was the victim of malicious prosecution, that the plaintiffs’ lawyers were guilty of champerty and maintenance (a very old legal principle that prohibits plaintiffs from starting litigation with an improper motive), intentional interference with economic relations and intentional infliction of mental distress. [read post]
20 Feb 2012, 3:09 am
” [Daily Mail] Tags: champerty, chasing clients, United Kingdom Related posts U.K.: “Injury claim referral fees to be banned” (0) U.K.: “Hair salons offered a cut of solicitors’ fees” (3) U.K. roundup (0) U.K. auto insurance rates soar (0) Tasteful lawyer-ad Hall of Fame (1) [read post]
6 Dec 2010, 9:04 pm
[New York Times, Marginal Revolution] Tags: champerty, divorce, litigation finance Related posts NY Times on litigation finance (2) December 1999 archives, part 2 (0) “More Attorneys Exploring Third-Party Litigation Funding” (4) Zellweger and Chesney marriage annulled (1) Your laptop? [read post]
23 Feb 2011, 9:13 pm
Tags: chasing clients, New York Related posts New at Point of Law (0) January 21 roundup (0) Champerty and maintenance watch (0) “I’ve always thought people would be very concerned if they knew what we were doing” (0) YouTube lawyer ads (3) [read post]
[Eugene Kontorovich] Peter Thiel’s funding of Hulk Hogan-Gawker litigation should not raise concerns
26 May 2016, 5:19 am
The disappearance of champerty and maintenance (and the related barratry) doctrines has not been entirely a good thing in my view, but in practice no one is calling for their revival. [read post]
1 Jun 2016, 2:41 am
” [Reuters] Tags: BP Transocean oil spill, champerty, litigation finance, mass tort fraud, Mikal Watts Litigation funding, mass torts, and phantom clients is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system [read post]
16 Jan 2014, 12:09 am
(As discussed here, “maintenance" is the intermeddling of a disinterested party to encourage a lawsuit and “champerty” is the "maintenance" of a person in a lawsuit on condition that the subject matter of the action is to be shared with the maintainer.) [read post]
15 Nov 2011, 2:02 am
The assignee's claim fails because, under North Carolina law, personal injury claims are non-assignable, in order to prevent champerty. [read post]
11 Oct 2015, 9:05 pm
Sun; Warrants, HIPAA be damned: Drug Enforcement Administration agents pose as Texas medical board to get at patient records [Jon Cassidy/Watchdog, Tim Cushing/TechDirt via Radley Balko] Litigation finance and champerty: the reaction is under way [MathBabe, earlier on pelvic and transvaginal mesh surgery speculation] No longer alas a surprise to see JAMA Pediatrics running lame, politicized content on topics like “youth gun carrying” [Jacob Sullum] “Shame, blame,… [read post]
11 Dec 2010, 4:53 am
Tags: champerty, loser pays, RightHaven Related posts New at Point of Law (5) Wrongs without remedies dept. (1) Working overtime (or maybe not) for fees (1) White House race roundup (8) When they sue the wrong person (10) [read post]
15 Feb 2011, 7:23 am
[AW] “The Whooping Cough’s Unnecessary Return” [Paul Howard/Jim Copland, City Journal] Theodore Dalrymple reviews new Paul Offit vaccine book [same] Many trial lawyers yank funding from Ralph Nader operations in pique over his role in depriving Al Gore of White House victory [ten years ago on Overlawyered] Tags: Arizona, art and artists, baseball, champerty, Chevron, John Edwards, litigation finance, vaccines Related posts February 20 roundup (5) Vioxx… [read post]
18 Nov 2013, 8:16 pm
Tweet Tags: champerty, litigation finance, on TV and radioThe New Age of Litigation Finance is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system [read post]
30 Nov 2009, 6:14 am
Tags: champerty, chasing clients, Connecticut, medical malpractice, New York, New York state, pleading Related posts Champerty and maintenance watch (0) Tasteful moments in lawyer advertising (1) November 7 roundup (8) March 23 roundup (1) March 1 roundup (1) [read post]
5 Dec 2006, 9:09 pm
Dale Oesterle at Business Law Prof reports:Australia does not permit lawyers to use contingency fees in class action and derivative litigation. [read post]
9 Jul 2012, 10:46 am
Champerty & Maintenance § 2 (2012),” the judge said in his opinion. [read post]
13 Dec 2016, 7:00 am
This is because it is considered to be tainted by “maintenance” or “champerty”. [read post]
