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9 Jul 2012, 10:48 am
First up is Betting on Tort Suits after the Event: From Champerty to Insurance. [read post]
21 Mar 2011, 3:03 am
I’ve just come across a nice blog post on Righthaven, written by law student Sean Harrington and published on the official blog of the Minnesota State Bar Associations’s Computer and Technology Law Section: Rule 11, barratry, champerty, and “inline links” Harrington has a quick analysis of what is happening with two antique defenses that are getting a workout by Righthaven copyright-infringement defendants: champerty and barratry. [read post]
12 Oct 2010, 2:15 am
For more about champerty, see these prior posts here. [read post]
19 Sep 2011, 11:33 am
See Litigating on a Contingency: A Monopoly of Champions or a Market for Champerty? [read post]
26 May 2012, 4:04 am
“Champerty used to be a crime. [read post]
13 May 2008, 5:02 am
Maintenance and champerty. [read post]
20 Mar 2008, 10:06 pm
According to an article noted by the WSJ law blog, eight of ten top British law firms are now accepting outside investors' money to finance litigation, a practice punishable at common law as champerty until recent rules changes. [read post]
9 Jan 2012, 2:46 am
Todd also argues that his actions do not amount to champerty or barratry. [read post]
29 Jun 2012, 8:55 pm
.; (3) Contracts to evade or oppose the revenue laws of another country; (4) Wagering contracts; or (5) Contracts of maintenance or champerty. [read post]
23 Jun 2011, 9:16 am
If, however, the assignor continued to exploit the work in a manner inconsistent with an assignment of rights, a claim of champerty might prove out. [read post]
7 Mar 2017, 3:06 am
Uphill battle in Congress for bill to “prohibit federal courts from issuing awards that consider the victim’s race or gender, among other demographic variables” [Kim Soffen, Washington Post on “Fair Calculations Act”] Normalizing champerty, the Ann Arbor way: University of Michigan endowment to take stake in litigation finance fund [Janet Lorin, Bloomberg News] Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act (LARA), restoring sanctions for groundless litigation, cleared House… [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]
4 Oct 2016, 9:00 am
While once thought to be impermissibly champerty, this practice is now widely recognized as permitted so long as the plaintiff retains control of the litigation. [read post]
28 Jan 2018, 2:06 pm
Partial ummary judgement was reversed since issues still existed on voiding the deed for champerty Coblenz v. [read post]
19 Jul 2012, 9:12 pm
" Champerty seeks to prohibit profiteering and speculating in litigation. [read post]
2 Mar 2011, 8:28 pm
In Sibthorpe & Morris v London Borough of Southwark [2011] EWCA Civ 25 the Court of Appeal declined to strike down as unlawful (on the basis of champerty) CFAs where the claimants’ solicitors agreed to indemnify the claimants against adverse costs orders. [read post]
16 Jun 2011, 9:03 am
. . . or other words I have to look up the definition for before I use them, but my idle thought is that it seems that Righthaven’s legal troubles, namely that it may not have the standing to sue under its agreement relating to the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s copyrights, are potentially solvable (if the problem is defined as a copyright owner wanting its content protected efficiently while also protecting its reputation). [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]
9 Oct 2016, 2:54 pm
The court noted first that “the common law doctrine of champerty remains a viable defense in Pennsylvania. [read post]
20 Mar 2008, 2:03 pm
Champerty is one of the those great law school words that few think about or remember in detail. [read post]
