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28 Apr 2024, 9:05 pm
A bill introduced in the New York State Legislature last legislative session could have significantly reduced speculation by modifying the champerty rule but was also not passed.[4] Yet, legislation is necessary to create a balance between the rights of creditors and the proper functioning of debtor nations, while also preserving a secondary market for sovereign debt. [read post]
17 Jul 2023, 4:07 pm
This sought submissions on whether the torts and offences of maintenance and champerty should be abolished, whether third-party funding should be permitted and how, if legalised, third party funding should be regulated. [read post]
22 Feb 2023, 1:07 pm
Patent assertion finance today is a multibillion-dollar business.[2] Virtually nonexistent in the patent space in the U.S. ten years ago—at least in part due to longstanding common law rules on champerty, maintenance,[3] and patent law’s relative high risk—today third-party litigation funding (TPLF)[4] undergirds about 30% of all patent litigation, by conservative estimates.[5] Insurance options are suddenly plentiful,[6] funders are expanding and… [read post]
21 Jan 2023, 6:07 pm
Laws against champerty and maintenance have gone the way of the dodo. [read post]
18 Dec 2022, 3:52 pm
The industry now has an economic ally and adjunct in the litigation finance industry, and it has been boosted by the desuetude of laws against champerty and maintenance. [read post]
14 Jun 2022, 3:30 am
To make sense of these discrepancies, Professors Horton and Weisbord distinguish the differences in court opinions with two ideas: the “litigiousness” theory of champerty and the “interference” theory of champerty. [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]
14 Mar 2022, 8:40 am
Tony Sebok has posted to SSRN Going Bare in the Law of Assignments: When is an Assignment Champertous?. [read post]
18 Jun 2021, 12:30 pm
The proposed local rule would enable courts to determine whether funding arrangements are running afoul of state-law prohibitions against champerty – the legal doctrine that may bar someone from funding litigation in which he or she is not a party. [read post]
6 Oct 2020, 2:27 pm
Due to issues of champerty and maintenance, funding is generally prohibited. [read post]
13 Jun 2020, 7:58 pm
Gaston Kroub of Kroub, Silbersher & Malykov, Lucian Pera of Adams and Reese, and Anthony Sebok of Cardozo Law School will analyze the legal ethics issues raised for lawyers by litigation funding, including the question of who controls the litigation; the traditional law of champerty; confidentiality and privilege; disclosure and client consent; and possible conflicts if the case litigator is the one negotiating the funding. [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]
16 Apr 2019, 5:00 pm
Champerty Weston further argued that Bergstein was in fact an “undisclosed petitioner” because he contributed settlement proceeds to be used to finance actions such as this one, which in turn meant the action must be dismissed based on champerty grounds. [read post]
16 Apr 2019, 5:00 pm
Champerty Weston further argued that Bergstein was in fact an “undisclosed petitioner” because he contributed settlement proceeds to be used to finance actions such as this one, which in turn meant the action must be dismissed based on champerty grounds. [read post]
28 Jan 2019, 9:07 am
Former Chief Justice Susan Denham has cautioned that if the legislature failed to act and an individual’s constitutional right of access to justice was breached as a result, then the Court might need to step in to amend the law of champerty. [read post]
27 Dec 2018, 1:58 pm
Other states recognize the doctrine of champerty, but have found litigation finance agreements enforceable. [read post]
20 May 2018, 8:02 am
Ontario enacted The Champerty Act in 1897, based on older English statutes that date back to 1305. [read post]
27 Mar 2018, 4:00 am
In my previous column, I looked at the growth of third party litigation (and arbitration) funding in Canada and discussed whether an arbitration Tribunal has any jurisdiction to control the involvement of funders. [read post]
26 Mar 2018, 3:05 am
Activist high court, no-fault PPI auto insurance, assignment-of-benefits (AOB) claims helped Florida win top Judicial Hellhole ranking from American Tort Reform Foundation [Amy O’Connor, Insurance Journal] Maybe getting people interested in the age-old ethical dangers of champerty and maintenance would be easier if litigation finance were framed as a Chamber of Commerce vs. [read post]
2 Feb 2018, 4:00 am
It simply operates and achieves its purpose by rendering agreements tainted by maintenance and champerty unenforceable. [read post]
