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

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 describes the AL...

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Superior document:Occasional paper ; OP-306-LFCMP
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Year of Publication:2010
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Occasional paper (Rand Corporation) ; OP-306.
Physical Description:1 online resource (68 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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520 |a 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 describes the ALF industry as of early 2010 and discusses the legal ethics, social morality, and, especially, potential economic effects of ALF. 
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505 0 |a Introduction -- Overview of this paper -- A snapshot of the U.S. ALF industry, as of early 2010 -- Different meanings of ethics and implications for ALF activity -- Microeconomic perspectives on the current and near-term effects of ALF on litigation -- Policy assessment and the effects of ALF over time -- Concluding comments. 
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