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How Much Is That Lawsuit In The Window; Pricing Legal Claims, Maya Steinitz Nov 2013

How Much Is That Lawsuit In The Window; Pricing Legal Claims, Maya Steinitz

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This article poses the question: How should parties to litigation finance agreements – third party funding or contingency fees – deal with the inherent difficulty in pricing legal claims? It answers that a practical solution would be to use staged funding. Staged funding side-step the impossibility of accurately pricing litigation ex ante by allowing re-pricing and exit that are pegged to information disclosure. Done right, staging allows all parties to minimize the effects of uncertainty, better price their bargain, optimize the distribution of the proceeds of litigation between its different investors – far beyond practices common today. Staged funding also …


Beyond Because I Said So Reconciling Civil Retroactivity Analysis In Immigration Cases With A Protective Lenity Principle, Kate Aschenbrenner Jan 2013

Beyond Because I Said So Reconciling Civil Retroactivity Analysis In Immigration Cases With A Protective Lenity Principle, Kate Aschenbrenner

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Diversity In The Legal Profession Moving From The Rhetoric To Reality, Helia Garrido Hull Jan 2013

Diversity In The Legal Profession Moving From The Rhetoric To Reality, Helia Garrido Hull

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