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25 Jan 2007, 9:06 pm
DOJ subpoenas of online-gambling firms spark UK outrage (Times Online) "Don'ts" for lawyers: don't supplement your criminal-defense practice by running escort service on the side [NY Law Journal] Maternity-clothing retailer tripped up on pregnancy discrimination claim [Lenard] Filling out a Quicken-software will for an elderly client deemed "unauthorized practice of law" in South Carolina [McCullagh, Giacalone] Champerty 'n' maintenance update: New… [read post]
1 Jun 2016, 9:05 pm
Our defense of free expression should go beyond the utilitarian and consequentialist: Flemming Rose’s acceptance speech last week on receiving the Cato Institute’s 2016 Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty [Cato Daily Podcast, WSJ “Notable and Quotable” excerpt, earlier; Michael Tanner on Rose’s role in the Mohammed cartoons episode and more recent Cato book, The Tyranny of Silence; my related post in context of Copenhagen terrorist attack] Virgin Islands… [read post]
8 May 2012, 12:02 pm
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]
15 Nov 2010, 8:32 am
Tags: champerty, litigation finance Related posts “More Attorneys Exploring Third-Party Litigation Funding” (4) Update: staking the Shinnecocks (0) Update: lawsuit-funding cos. shun Ohio (0) Update: Forbes on Lodi mess (0) New at Point of Law (0) [read post]
15 Jan 2010, 8:00 am
I do.The Second Circuit Court of Appeals opines on champerty and maintenance in New York. [read post]
5 May 2010, 10:14 pm
Now, if it is possible to influence the outcome of court cases through a spiritualist, and ignoring English witchcraft laws, what do the laws of champerty and maintenance have to say on the matter? [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]
18 Feb 2009, 9:58 am
; 2) As a matter of law, does a party commit champerty when it "buys a lawsuit" that it could not otherwise have pursued if its purpose is thereby to collect damages for losses on a debt instrument in which it holds a pre-existing proprietary interest? [read post]
27 May 2016, 5:25 am
Tags: champerty, libel slander and defamation, litigation finance, publishers Peter Thiel, public interest law philanthropist? [read post]
2 Sep 2008, 4:55 pm
The Court threw out, however, claims that this practice constitutes "unlawful gaming" and champerty. [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]
2 Feb 2018, 4:00 am
It simply operates and achieves its purpose by rendering agreements tainted by maintenance and champerty unenforceable. [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]
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]
3 Jan 2011, 2:21 am
The court also pointed out that there have been advocates for the creation of secondary markets in persaonl injury claims, citing, for example, Susan Lorde Martin, Syndicated Lawsuits: Champerty or New Business Opportunity? [read post]
19 Apr 2010, 9:27 am
., largely through ethical rules disallowing champerty and fee-sharing among lawyers and non-lawyers. [read post]
14 Jul 2010, 9:17 am
If so, there is a good-faith basis to bring a lawsuit for champerty in many states. [read post]
24 Feb 2009, 12:25 am
COURT OF APPEALS, SECOND CIRCUITLegal ProfessionFree With Registration: State High Court Must Resolve Champerty Issues Arising From Assignment of Contract Rights Trust for the Certificate Holders of the Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Inc., plaintiff-appellant v. [read post]
8 Dec 2011, 10:05 am
Unless, that is, Jennifer Aniston finally gets around to filing an alienation of affections lawsuit against Angelina Jolie, some celebrity gets sued for champerty, or Donald Trump finds himself on the receiving end of an ancient lights claim.) [read post]
