Alternative litigation financing in the United States :: issues, knowns, and unknowns /

Alternative litigation financing (ALF) -- also known as "third-party" litigation financing -- refers to provision of capital by parties other than plaintiffs, defendants, their lawyers, or defendants' insurers to support litigation-related activity. This paper provides an overview of...

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1. Verfasser: Garber, Steven, 1950-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND, 2010.
Schriftenreihe:Occasional paper (Rand Corporation) ; OP-306.
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Zusammenfassung:Alternative litigation financing (ALF) -- also known as "third-party" litigation financing -- refers to provision of capital by parties other than plaintiffs, defendants, their lawyers, or defendants' insurers to support litigation-related activity. This paper provides an overview of policy issues related to the legal ethics, social morality, and, especially, potential economic effects of ALF. It provides a snapshot of the only three segments of the ALF industry that appear to be fairly active as of early 2010, all of which provide support to plaintiffs or their lawyers. It offers lessons for policymakers, emphasizing distinctions that are often underappreciated in discussions of ALF. The paper concludes by suggesting that, for the next five to ten years, policymakers might best limit themselves to interventions that do not fundamentally interfere with the potential for increased competition to solve what appear to be important information problems that may limit the contributions of ALF to national economic performance
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xv, 50 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 47-50).
ISBN:9780833050724
0833050729

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