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Lobby Battle Over Loans for Lawsuits — Mar. 9, 2011

Binyamin Applebaum

The New York Times

Litigation Funders Face Discovery Woes — Feb. 22, 2011

Nate Raymond

The National Law Journal

The Rise of 3rd-Party Litigation Funding — Jan. 21, 2011

Lawrence S. Schaner and Thomas G. Appleman

Law360

Taking Sides in a Divorce, Chasing Profit — Dec. 4, 2010

Binyamin Applebaum

The New York Times

Litigation Fund Burford Raises $175 million — Nov. 25, 2010

Chris Vellacott

Reuters

Litigation Finance — Nov. 21, 2010

Letter to the Editor

Anthony J. Sebok

The New York Times

Investing in Someone Else's Lawsuit — Nov. 15, 2010

The New York Times

Investors Put Money on Lawsuits to Get Payouts — Nov. 14, 2010

Binyamin Appelbaum

The New York Times

Capitalism's Next Frontier: Outside Investment in Law Firms — Nov. 3, 2010

Mitt Regan (video)

The American Lawyer

Debunking Critics of 3rd-Party Litigation Funding — Sep. 30, 2010

Erin Marie Daly

Law360

Lawsuit Myth Exploded — Sep. 20, 2010

Leonie Wood

The Age

Third-Party Litigation Financing: It’s Time to Let Clients Choose — Sep. 13, 2010

Louis M. Solomon

New York Law Journal

Third Party Funding of Lawsuits Gains Ground but Raises Eyebrows — Sep. 10, 2010

Sara Randazzo

Daily Journal

The Growing Risk of Third-Party Litigation Funding Companies — Jun. 7, 2010

Keith Gibson

Product Liability Monitor

More Attorneys Exploring Third-Party Litigation Funding — Jun. 4, 2010

Nate Raymond

New York Law Journal

Third-Party Litigation Funding Picks Up as UK Investors Eye US Cases — Jun. 4, 2010

Rachel M. Zahorsky

ABA Journal

The New, New Thing — May 17, 2010

Richard Lloyd

The American Lawyer

Stars and Strides: The UK Is Influencing Third-Party Funding in the US — Apr. 2010

Selvyn Seidel and Neil Rickman

Litigation Funding, Issue 66, pp. 14-15

Third-Party Investors Offer New Funding Source for Major Commercial Lawsuits — Mar. 5, 2010

Ralph Lindeman

BNA's Daily Report for Executives

Resolving the Billable Hour Dilemma — Jan. 13, 2010

Jonathan D. Petrus

Daily Journal

A PE Fund to Sponsor Corporate Litigation — Jan. 2010

Joshua Hamerman

Investment Dealers Digest, pp. 1, 17

No More Baby Steps: Pfizer's Top Lawyer is Out to Change All the Rules — Jan. 2010

Amy Miller

Corporate Counsel

Really, Fewer Billable Hours — Dec. 21, 2009

Jeff Jeffrey

National Law Journal

The Downside of Litigation Financing: Florida Appeals Court Rules Investor Who Backed Unsuccessful Lawsuit Is Liable for Defense Attorneys' Fees — Dec. 2, 2009

Andrew Longstreth

The AmLaw Litigation Daily

Hedging Bets: Third-Party Litigation Funding Gains Steam in the U.S. — Dec. 1, 2009

Melissa Maleske

Inside Counsel

Litigation Funding Begins to Take Off — Nov. 30, 2009

Leigh Jones

The National Law Journal

Third-Party Litigation Financing: Not Just for Plaintiffs — Nov. 25, 2009

Andrew Longstreth

The AmLaw Litigation Daily

Legal and Ethical Issues Regarding Third-Party Litigation Funding — Nov. 2009

Jonathan D. Petrus

Los Angeles Lawyer Magazine

Developments: Cash-Flow Woes — Nov. 1, 2009

Claire Zillman

The American Lawyer

Courting Investors with Lawsuit Finance Issues — Oct. 23, 2009

Joshua Hamerman

Allbusiness

Boom Time for Litigation Funding — Oct. 22, 2009

James Dean

Law Society Gazette

New Litigation Financing Fund Raises $130 Million in London IPO — Oct. 16, 2009

Alison Frankel

The AmLaw Litigation Daily

Got Funding? — Oct. 2009

Rene Ciria-Cruz

California Lawyer

Selling Lawsuits, Buying Trouble: Third-Party Litigation Funding in the United States — Oct. 2009

John Beisner, Jessica Miller, and Gary Rubin

U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform

O'Melveny Aims to Become Fixed-Fee Leader, Leaked Plan Says — Sep. 17, 2009

Debra Cassens Weiss

ABAJournal

Mayer Brown and Reed Smith to Roll Out Fixed-Fee Plans for Corporate Clients — Sep. 17, 2009

Martha Neil

ABAJournal

Seyfarth Shaw Says Six Sigma Method Has Cut Client Fees by Up to 50% — Sep. 14, 2009

Debra Cassens Weiss

ABAJournal

Americans Work to Raise Credit Crunch Legal Float for London Stock Exchange — Sep. 13, 2009

The Sunday Times

Talkin' Revolution — Sep. 1, 2009

Tamara Loomis

Corporate Counsel

Government's Response on Proposed US-Style Collective Actions: A Class Act? — Aug. 10, 2009

Tim Strong and Julie Maslin

Mondaq.com

Private Equity Considers Investing in U.K. Law Firms — Aug. 3, 2009

Lindsay Fortado

Bloomberg.com

Final Decision in Lords Strikes a Blow to Litigation Funding Sector — Jul. 31, 2009

Katy Dowell

The Lawyer

Investing in Litigation: A Recession Moneymaker? — Jun. 3, 2009

Zach Lowe

The AmLaw Daily

Investing in Lawsuits, for a Share of the Awards — Jun. 2, 2009

Jonathan D. Glater

The New York Times

Cashing in on Litigation — May 4, 2009

Telis Demos

Fortune Magazine

New Fee Structure For Law Firms — Apr. 29, 2009

Knowledge@Wharton, Forbes.com

U.K. Litigation Financing Firm Now Has $100 Million to Invest in U.S. Cases — Apr. 10, 2009

Alison Frankel

Law.com

Litigation fund launch targets up to 160 mln stg — Jan. 14, 2009

Reporting by Laurence Fletcher; Editing by Will Waterman

Reuters

London Lawyers Launch Litigation Funds — Jan. 12, 2009

Yael Bizouati and David Walker

Financial News

Entrepreneurial Litigation Financing — Jan. 2009

Kirk T. Hartley

Corporate Counsel

A Capital Idea — 2009

Timothy D. Scrantom

Law Dragon Magazine

Legal Gold — Sep. 1, 2008

Philip Alexander

The Banker

3rd-Party Investors Are Funding Canadian Litigation, Too — Mar. 27, 2008

Martha Neil

ABA Journal

Hedge Funds: A Litigious Bunch — Dec. 17, 2007

Joshua Hamerman

IDD Magazine, December 17, 2007, pp. 9, 28

The Advantages of Legal Funding — Oct. 29, 2007

Gary Chodes

FindLaw

Thinking Like a Plaintiff — Winter 2006

Thomas L. Sager

Inside Litigation, pp. 8-9

Litigation Financing — Aug. 2006

Peter H. Geraghty

Your ABA

Helping Underfunded Plaintiffs Lawyers—at a Price — Feb. 13, 2006

Alison Frankel

Law.com

Materials on Legal Ethics and Litigation Financing — May 4, 2005

ABA Center for Professional Responsibility

Cash Up Front — Oct. 2004

Terry Carter

ABA Journal, October 2004, pp. 34, 36

How to Boost Business and Profits with Creative Pricing — Jan. 28, 2003

David Goehl

The Sugarcrest Report

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