Bloomberg Law
Aug. 7, 2019, 11:47 AM UTC

Wake Up Call: Lawyers Open to Litigation Finance, Poll Finds

  • Most lawyers haven’t tried litigation finance yet, but most of those that have would use it again, a new survey finds. Only around 49 of the 330 attorneys surveyed—285 who work for corporate law firms and 45 in-house—said they’d already used third-party financing for cases. Just over half said they’d be open to trying it, while 34% said they wouldn’t, according to the survey report from Validity Finance and ALM Media. (American Lawyer)

  • So-called judicial emergencies, with long bench refill times and soaring caseloads per judge, have increased in Democratic-leaning states under the Trump administration. (BLAW via ...

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