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27 Aug 2011, 7:24 pm
The would-be class action lawsuit, filed in North Carolina, alleged that a litigation funding company violation a consumer finance statute, engaged in unfair and deceptive practices, violated usury laws and laws against champerty and maintenance, and asserted other claims. [read post]
20 Jul 2011, 10:06 pm
Here is the Champerty and Contingency Fees session: [read post]
27 Jun 2011, 2:02 am
This agreement, the disciplinary board concluded, promoted maintenance and/or champerty and, thus, violated rules of professional conduct prohibiting a lawyer from providing financial assistance to a client in connection with pending litigation and violating the rules of professional conduct through the acts of another. [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]
16 Jun 2011, 11:04 pm
Some fans of entrepreneurial lawyering in the academy and elsewhere have sought to portray rules against barratry and champerty as wrongheaded survivals of a much older approach to the role of the legal profession. [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]
17 May 2011, 7:42 am
From David Hansen, JD, Scholarly Communications intern at Duke University Libraries: Kevin’s last blog post on champerty got me thinking about another ancient legal doctrine, also dimly remembered from law school, which has some application to recent copyright cases: “adverse possession. [read post]
12 May 2011, 5:40 am
As I have said, this is not champerty per se. [read post]
3 May 2011, 8:39 pm
Notably, the court limited its review of the champerty issue to a discussion of the one 1942 opinion from the Connecticut Supreme Court. [read post]
25 Apr 2011, 2:27 am
The champerty transaction, however, evaded the strict prohibitive laws involving usury. [read post]
20 Apr 2011, 10:23 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]
20 Apr 2011, 2:14 am
”) The prohibitions on Champerty are “designed to protect the administration of justice from abuse by the exploitation of vulnerable litigants. [read post]
9 Apr 2011, 8:24 pm
" This set the court on a path to discuss the validity of champerty as a defense under Nevada law: Champerty is a common law offense, dating at least to the time of Edward I, making it illegal for a person with no interest in the subject matter of a lawsuit to fund the lawsuit in exchange for a return of the proceeds, if any. [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]
15 Mar 2011, 8:59 pm
A federal court in Maryland concluded that the doctrine of maintenance remains valid, but does not apply to an intervening party in litigation, since the court, by granting the motion to intervene, recognized that the party has an interest to protect: The only remaining evidence cited by Plaintiffs that is related to the litigation and not time-barred is Defendants' acknowledgement that they loaned . . . $5,000 to fund [an] . . . appeal and did not require [repayment of . . . the loan. [read post]
8 Mar 2011, 8:14 pm
Mar. 7, 2011), "as is that of champerty laws in general, is to prevent the officious fomenting of 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]
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]
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]
25 Jan 2011, 8:36 pm
For more about New York opinions relating to champerty, see here and here. [read post]
