Joshua Libling

Joshua Libling

October 31, 2022 | New York Law Journal

Funding the Business of Law

Traditional lenders have been willing to treat consistently generated fee revenue as an income stream against which to lend. But it is only more recently that the individual litigations themselves have begun to be treated as assets that can be monetized. This process, litigation finance, is by now familiar, but below I discuss the next step for that industry: financing the business of law itself.

By Joshua Libling

7 minute read

November 06, 2020 | New York Law Journal

Your Choice: Model Your Litigation, or Overpay

Most law firm pitches are heavy on the lawyers' experiences and record, but leave out a really crucial part of the litigation: its resolution. This article will concern using analytics on litigation resolutions to pick the right counsel and to demonstrate a legal department's value as a profit-generating department, not just a cost center.

By Joshua Libling

8 minute read

June 29, 2020 | The American Lawyer

Up or Out: Why Litigation Associates Need to Make a Decision by Their Fourth Year

Inherent problems with the career path for Big Law litigation associates make it a necessity for young lawyers to plan for their future earlier than their firms do.

By Joshua Libling

9 minute read

June 01, 2020 | Corporate Counsel

Reimagining Litigation as an Investment: How In-House Counsel Can Maximize Value and Align Incentives in Legal Costs

You want to keep litigation costs down and to maximize recoveries and minimize losses. You want to win your cases. But are such general incentives enough to ensure efficient outcomes in the actual decision-making process?

By Joshua Libling

7 minute read