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The American Lawyer

Litigation Funders Face Their Hardest Sell: Big Law

There is more money than ever in the hands of litigation financiers. But can they convince law firms to use it?
18 minute read

The American Lawyer

A New Litigation Funding Firm Launches With an Industry Veteran

Validity Capital is the name of a new, $250 million-backed litigation funding firm led by an industry veteran.
1 minute read

Corporate Counsel

ILR at 20: Despite Victories for General Counsel, Plenty of Challenges Ahead

Lisa Rickard of the Institute for Legal Reform, a U.S. Chamber of Commerce affiliate, recently told Corporate Counsel all about the challenges she sees legal departments facing today. And there was plenty to discuss.
1 minute read

Corporate Counsel

How a Savvy IP Strategy Helps Startups Focus on Growth

Cutting-edge inventions require robust patent protection and, when those patents are infringed, aggressive defense. But for growth-stage companies, setting aside millions for legal costs is all but impossible.
1 minute read

The American Lawyer

Citi Hires Co-Founder of Wells Fargo's Law Firm Banking Group

Jeff Grossman is returning to Citi after 14 years at Wells Fargo. He will focus on growing Citi's presence in the Southeast, Washington, D.C., and with smaller firms.
1 minute read

Daily Business Review

'Everything Went to Hell': Coral Gables Attorney Sues Former Co-Counsel Over Tobacco Cases

Two plaintiffs attorneys are fighting each other after their plan to work together on smoker cases disintegrated. Tobacco litigation is expensive to bring because cigarette makers put on aggressive defenses.
1 minute read

National Law Journal

DC Law Firms Watch and Wait as Associate Raises Spread

In this week's Washington Wrap: It's about the money.
1 minute read

Daily Business Review

Conrad & Scherer Loses Case Over Loan; Plaintiff Plans to Ask Court to Appoint Receiver for the Firm

Former client-turned-lender Douglas Von Allmen will argue at a June 19 hearing that the firm won't be able to repay him and still remain in business.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

State Appeals Court Reinstates Claims That Dentons Misappropriated Trust Funds

A three-judge panel of the Georgia Court of Appeals overturned a Fulton County trial judge's dismissal of a lawsuit against Dentons that claimed the firm unjustly enriched itself by accepting more than $1.3 million in legal fees from the trusts of Atlanta industrialist and philanthropist Walter Bunzl to defend the embattled trustee against a suit by Bunzl heirs.
1 minute read

Daily Business Review

In Crypto Litigations Mandatory Arbitration Agreements May Not be Immutable

Permissionless blockchains, like the one underlying the bitcoin payment network, were created to provide the public with transparency over transaction information and records.
1 minute read

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