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 |
| 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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Table of Contents:
- 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.