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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]
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]
16 Feb 2009, 8:10 am
An inchoate home at Champerty Shores, Lake Osoyoos, Washington. [read post]
16 Feb 2009, 5:14 am
Champerty -- Certified Questions. [read post]
2 Sep 2008, 4:55 pm
The Court threw out, however, claims that this practice constitutes "unlawful gaming" and champerty. [read post]
13 May 2008, 5:02 am
Maintenance and champerty. [read post]
17 Apr 2008, 12:25 pm
., it looks as if what used to be called champerty and maintenance isn't just for plaintiffs any more.... [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]
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]
11 Feb 2008, 9:00 pm
Chris Graham: Yeah… in the olden days, rules against champerty and maintenance prevented a lot of well…prevented almost any innovation when it came to billing and really did force lawyers to stick to hourly billing, which makes unaffordable a lot of matters which otherwise would be dealt with. [read post]
27 Jan 2008, 10:26 am
See my interest in the Champerty Act and legislation that’s still in force but not included in the normal indices of acts: 1275 and the Business of Law. [read post]
2 Jan 2008, 9:16 am
And the Champerty Act? [read post]
24 Dec 2007, 8:44 am
I'm not entirely clear what happened to the maintenance and champerty, but I'm beginning to suspect that Maintenance went off and married a pipefitter in Toledo, while Champerty is sleeping under a bridge with a bottle in a brown paper bag.H/T Tyler Cowen [read post]
14 Dec 2007, 1:00 am
: (Patry), US and Canada open trial patent prosecution highway: (IPMenu)Champerty - another defence to a ‘troll' attack? [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]
11 Dec 2007, 12:00 am
Champerty is 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]
1 Dec 2007, 9:00 am
: (IPThinkTank),ISPs fear trend towards greater liability for content: (IPWatch),Customers lose faith in phished brands: (ArsTechnica)Settling IP Litigation, Indian patent transparency, national differences, Friction & Warfighting: (StrategicIP),Creative Commons is turning 5: (CreativeCommons), Champerty in patent troll shell company cases: (Patent Prospector), IP portfolio analysis: (IPThinkTank), WIPO hosts international round table on the economics of IP: (WIPO)When Yes is not… [read post]
4 Nov 2007, 9:10 pm
Long regarded as more conservative than the U.S. on matters of litigation ethics, Great Britain may soon bid to out-Americanize the Americans:[German-based international insurer Allianz] is launching a new business dedicated to investing in British legal disputes. [read post]
9 Aug 2007, 1:15 am
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APPELLATE DIVISION FIRST DEPARTMENT Real Property Guarantee Waiving Defenses Beyond ‘Actual Payment' Bars Mortgagee's Counterclaims Except ‘Champerty' Red Tulip LLC, plaintiff v. [read post]
23 Apr 2007, 10:03 pm
For more on champerty, a former offense at common law which consisted of financing the prosecution of a lawsuit in exchange for a share of the proceeds, follow this link. [read post]
