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Mythbusting: Why The Critics Of Litigation Finance Are Wrong, Roni Elias
Mythbusting: Why The Critics Of Litigation Finance Are Wrong, Roni Elias
Florida A & M University Law Review
Critics of ALF contend that such financing methods create various problems: they violate well-established principles of common law about the relationship between litigants and third-parties; they are tantamount to usurious loans; and they threaten the integrity of the judicial system by making it easier for litigants with few resources to bring frivolous lawsuits.
This article discusses both sides of this debate and concludes that the most prevalent criticisms of ALF are based upon misconceptions and myths about the nature of ALF transactions and of the interests of the parties involved in those transactions. When ALF is carefully considered, it is …