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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]
23 Mar 2016, 4:19 pm
Champerty is the process whereby one person bargains with a party to a lawsuit to obtain a share in the proceeds of the suit. [read post]
16 Oct 2009, 2:52 am
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No Added Royalties for Use of Ringtones in Public Places, Judge Says… [read post]
27 Dec 2018, 1:58 pm
Other states recognize the doctrine of champerty, but have found litigation finance agreements enforceable. [read post]
7 Jan 2011, 1:34 pm
Give The Chicago Tribune credit, as well, for helping to prevent the bill's passage through its Dec. 23 editorial, "Lawsuit loan sharks," reminding readers of the crime of champerty. [read post]
31 Oct 2013, 4:00 am
The third concern in the champerty analysis, the potential over-compensation of the funder, can also be addressed through judicial oversight. [read post]
11 Dec 2007, 8:44 am
You can also learn the word Champerty — a doctrine of law which forbids certain situations in which a third party pays litigation expenses in return for a share in any proceeds. [read post]
30 Oct 2009, 12:19 am
That was once called "champerty;" today, it's called "business as usual. [read post]
3 Mar 2014, 8:05 pm
Howard on lawsuit finance and champerty] Will health insurers be the ones to pull back the curtain on the asbestos bankruptcy trusts? [read post]
19 Aug 2016, 4:06 am
Our coverage of the publication, including its run-in with champerty and maintenance and Peter Thiel’s version of “public interest” litigation, is here. [read post]
11 Feb 2014, 3:30 am
Third-party litigation funding is also known as champerty, and has been prohibited for a long time under the common law. [read post]
14 Jul 2012, 5:50 am
[Mickey Kaus ("in 2008, Barack Obama didn’t dare suggest that he wanted to do what he has done today"), Bader] Ringling Bros. v. animal rights activists: court throws out champerty claim, allows racketeering claim to proceed [BLT] Iqbal, Twombly, and Lance Armstrong [DeadSpin, Howard Wasserman/Prawfs and more] Abuse claims: “Retain the statute of limitations” [New Jersey Law Journal editorial] Insurance costs squeeze NYC social services working with kids,… [read post]
7 Jun 2016, 3:15 am
” Tags: champerty, litigation finance, The Litigation Explosion Gordon Crovitz on “Peter Thiel’s Legal Smackdown” is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system [read post]
9 Jul 2012, 12:21 pm
Sullivan dismissed the claim for champerty, whereby someone agrees to support a lawsuit in exchange for a percentage of any money recovered. [read post]
21 Sep 2010, 11:00 am
Thus, champerty was prohibited at common law and is prohibited by Nevada law today. [read post]
29 Oct 2015, 12:30 pm
Are you concerned about the ethics of litigation finance? [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]
20 Jan 2011, 9:12 pm
[Cal Biz Lit] “A Better Consumer Legal Remedies Act” [same] Proposed criminal prohibition on doctors’ questioning patients about guns “would violate the First Amendment, as well as just being a lousy idea” [Volokh] Oldest federal bench ever — and the problems that can cause [Joseph Goldstein, Slate] Attention “payday lending” critics: “Lawsuit Loans Add New Risk for the Injured” [NY Times, Kenneth Anderson, California Civil Justice;… [read post]
16 Aug 2010, 7:15 pm
Rubin, Department of Economics Emory University, writes: The common law has long forbidden third party investment in lawsuits based on "champerty" and related doctrines. [read post]
9 May 2012, 8:16 am
Putting aside the concerns about champerty and maintenance, I wonder whether defense counsel are doing enough to work on this issue in trials. [read post]
