In their Commercial Division Update, George Bundy Smith, an arbitrator and mediator with JAMS, and Thomas J. Hall, a partner with Chadbourne & Parke, review recent Commercial Division cases that ...
Third-party litigation financing is a topic of increasing interest. The practice has become more common, and federal courts as well as the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board are responding to ensure ...
Third-party litigation funding, first popular across the pond in England and Wales, has grown into a major American industry. But attorneys and clients are forewarned there remain some risks. The ...
In Justinian Capital SPC v. WestLB AG, etc. et al., 2015 N.Y. Slip Op. 04381 (1st Dep’t May 21, 2015), the Appellate Division affirmed the February 25, 2014 decision of the New York County Supreme ...
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A Delaware court has refused to dismiss a long-running intellectual property lawsuit that drew financing from outside investors including Burford Capital. The decision in Delaware Superior Court ...
The offense of “champerty” has a long history in the law, and don’t let the Medieval-sounding name fool you: It’s alive and well in 21st-century Illinois. Champerty involves financing someone else’s ...
Recently an Indian traveller, whose connecting flight from Europe to India was delayed by 24 hours, decided to sue the airlines. The aggrieved traveller sued the airline in Europe instead of a ...