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Lawyers4CivilJustice retweeted
BREAKING: 214 companies from a wide variety of industries have signed a letter urging the Advisory Committee to adopt @LCJReform’s proposed rule requiring disclosure of #TPLF contracts. askabouttplf.com/?p=10899
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A legal privilege specialist has concluded that TPLF agreements don't qualify for attorney-client privilege or work-product protection — and two recent court rulings back him up.
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Lawyers4CivilJustice retweeted
Parties who don’t #AskAboutTPLF are in the dark regarding who may be controlling litigation, accessing private data, and potential conflicts of interest.
Read more here: bit.ly/3Z0CasR
Lawyers4CivilJustice retweeted
What happens when federal courts lack clear guidance on litigation funding disclosure? A patchwork of approaches emerge. @Law360 covers a proposal from @LCJReform and @USChamberILR to amend Rule 26 and resolve the resulting uncertainty.
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Lawyers4CivilJustice retweeted
Litigation funding agreements give funders “tools to exercise…control or influence over litigation and settlement decisions,” per a comment letter submitted by @LCJReform and @LegalReform to the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules.
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Lawyers4CivilJustice retweeted
@LCJReform and @LegalReform are urging the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules to adopt a federal rule requiring disclosure of third-party litigation funding agreements.
Read more from @LitigationJ here: shorturl.at/1Je38
Lawyers4CivilJustice retweeted
Ahead of the April 14th meeting of the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules, @LegalReform and @LCJReform propose rule language which would set a national, uniform standard for the disclosure of TPLF agreements. Read the full comment letter here:
bit.ly/46Uq87R
Lawyers4CivilJustice retweeted
In the comment letter, the groups propose specific language for a new rule that would address the lack of uniform TPLF disclosure procedures. Read the letter here: bit.ly/46Uq87R
Lawyers4CivilJustice retweeted
This week, @LCJReform and @LegalReform submitted a joint letter urging the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules to adopt a rule requiring disclosure of TPLF funding agreements.
Lawyers4CivilJustice retweeted
Meritless claims have overwhelmed federal mass-tort MDLs for years – until now. Rule 16.1 is now in effect, and if used appropriately, it will help discourage and reduce meritless claims from infecting MDLs. Read more here: bit.ly/4io0QUf
Lawyers4CivilJustice retweeted
NEWS ALERT: Rule 16.1, the first Federal Rule of Civil Procedure (FRCP) ever developed specifically to govern MDL proceedings, takes effect December 1. This Rule puts the vetting of claims on the agenda for an early conference among the parties. Read more: bit.ly/4io0QUf
Lawyers4CivilJustice retweeted
"Legitimate funders should welcome such sunshine—only those with something to hide benefit from operating in the shadows." Read more on why third-party litigation funding agreements should be disclosed in a new op-ed in @BLaw from @LCJReform: bit.ly/4pOxBND
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Moreover, courts should assess claims of confidentiality in TPLF contracts the same way they handle any other such claims. Read more from @Reuter’s Jenna Greene: bit.ly/4mS3d2Q
Lawyers4CivilJustice retweeted
Funders claim their agreements contain sensitive information, and are therefore exempt from disclosure, but none of the contracts reviewed in @LCJReform’s recent analysis contained any such information. Read the analysis here: bit.ly/46cgXhL
Lawyers4CivilJustice retweeted
Referring to @LCJReform’s analysis of funding agreements, Paul Kong, executive director of the International Legal Finance Association, did not dispute LCJ’s conclusions. Instead, he called the sample contracts “cherry-picked.”
Lawyers4CivilJustice retweeted
Funders would like us to believe their claims of no control when their own contracts demonstrate the opposite. Our response: show us your contracts if you want to prove they don’t give you control! More from @Reuter’s Jenna Greene: bit.ly/4mS3d2Q
Lawyers4CivilJustice retweeted
NEW -- @LitigationJ article on @LCJReform’s recent comment letter re: the need for a TPLF agreement disclosure rule: “LCJ Calls Out Burford, Fortress for Control Provisions in TPLF Contracts” Read more: bit.ly/3HG89sv
Lawyers4CivilJustice retweeted
NEW comment letter from @LCJReform reveals that third-party litigation funding contracts feature significant control mechanisms, despite funders’ contrary claims. Read more: bit.ly/464bN7q
Lawyers4CivilJustice retweeted
Without a federal rule requiring TPLF disclosure, parties and courts are wasting time and resources litigating battles over discovery. The FRCP should be amended to increase the efficiency of the federal judiciary. Read more here: bit.ly/3Z0CasR
Lawyers4CivilJustice retweeted
An unpredictable patchwork of local rules and regulations governing the disclosure of third-party litigation funding (TPLF) agreements has emerged in the absence of a federal rule. Read about the problem and what can be done to address it in @lawdotcom: bit.ly/4oYyNxy
