Anthony J Sebok

August 31, 2018 | New York Law Journal

The New York City Bar ethics committee recently issued Formal Opinion 2018-5: Litigation Funders' Contingent Interest in Legal Fees.

By Anthony E. Davis and Anthony J. Sebok

10 minute read

July 12, 2013 | Commercial Litigation Insider

On April 16, the Ethics Committee of the Commercial and Federal Litigation Section of the New York State Bar Association published a report, "On the Ethical Implications of Third-Party Litigation Funding." The report is the latest among a series of efforts by major bar associations to come to grips with the rapidly growing practice of litigation funding. In this column I will briefly describe the context in which the report was drafted, and praise the report, while acknowledging its shortcomings.

By Anthony J. Sebok

6 minute read

July 15, 2013 | Commercial Litigation Insider

In my previous column, I examined a recently published report by the Ethics Committee of the Commercial and Federal Litigation Section of the New York State Bar Association on litigation funding. I observed that, while the report's heart was in the right place, it inadvertently suggested that litigation funding created more ethical problems for lawyers than really is the case. In this column, I will focus on the genuine ethical issues raised by litigation funding.

By Anthony J. Sebok

8 minute read