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The Legal Intelligencer

Appreciating Bitcoin: A Holiday Guide to Legal Hot Topics in Virtual Currency

Five years ago, one bitcoin sold for less than $15. Two years ago, the unit price was about $500. Now, the price of a bitcoin has topped $15,000, and it's climbing fast enough to garner front-page attention by major newspapers.
6 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

The Settlement Series: Part 10

Accepting or Rejecting a “Final” Settlement Offer: Critical points for the attorney-client discussion
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Statute of Limitations for Survival Actions in Medical Negligence Case After 'Dubose'

In an opinion by Justice Sallie Mundy, the Supreme Court held in Dubose v. Quinlan that the statute of limitations in a medical professional liability case for both a wrongful death and a survival action is two years from the date of the decedent's death.
16 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

NFL Judge Blocks Litigation Funder Assignment Agreements

The federal judge overseeing the implementation of the $1 billion concussion-related settlement involving the NFL has barred third-party litigation funders from entering into assignment agreements with retired players.
11 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Seeger Files Response to Criticism Over Disclosure of Ties to Litigation Funder

Chris Seeger, co-lead counsel for the class of NFL players in concussion litigation, responded Friday in a court filing to recent criticism that he did not disclose his ties to a third-party litigation company that has provided loans to ex-players.
9 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

NFL Class Counsel's Ties to Third-Party Litigation Funder Raise Questions

A lead attorney in the NFL concussion settlement has been very critical of numerous third-party litigation funding companies that have loaned money to retired players involved in the class action, but it is his alleged failure to publicly disclose his history with another litigation funding company that has raised some eyebrows recently.
7 minute read

Daily Business Review

Litigation Funding Changes Legal Landscape for Boutique and Small Firms

The growth of third-party litigation funding has been a boon to small firms, but boutique firms are taking a hit.
5 minute read

The American Lawyer

Who's Getting the Legal Work as Weinstein, #MeToo Roil Hollywood

A roundup of the lawyers picking up sexual abuse clients on both coasts, and on both sides of the latest abuse claims hitting the entertainment industry.
12 minute read

Inside Counsel

Litigation Finance & Insurance: 5 Myths About Litigation Finance

This the the third article of a three-part series. In the previous articles, we provided top 5 tips for securing the best funding terms possible from…
13 minute read

The American Lawyer

How Jones Day Unmasked a Litigation Funding Deal and Won

A gas rig explosion off the coast of Nigeria ignited a class action against Chevron—but as the energy company's lawyers probed into the plaintiff's financing, the suit went up in smoke.
57 minute read

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