Alternative litigation financing in the United States : issues, knowns, and unknowns / / Steven Garber
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| Autore: |
Garber Steven <1950->
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| Titolo: |
Alternative litigation financing in the United States : issues, knowns, and unknowns / / Steven Garber
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| Pubblicazione: | Santa Monica, Calif., : RAND, 2010 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (68 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 347.73/77 |
| Soggetto topico: | Costs (Law) - United States |
| Practice of law - Economic aspects - United States | |
| Lawyers - Fees - United States | |
| Law and economics | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 47-50). |
| Nota di contenuto: | Introduction -- Overview of this paper -- A snapshot of the U.S. ALF industry, as of early 2010 -- Different meanings of ethics and implications for ALF activity -- Microeconomic perspectives on the current and near-term effects of ALF on litigation -- Policy assessment and the effects of ALF over time -- Concluding comments. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Alternative litigation financing (ALF)--also known as ""third-party"" litigation financing--refers to provision of capital by parties other than plaintiffs, defendants, their lawyers, or defendants' insurers to support litigation-related activity. This paper describes the ALF industry as of early 2010 and discusses the legal ethics, social morality, and, especially, potential economic effects of ALF. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Alternative litigation financing in the United States |
| ISBN: | 1-282-94047-3 |
| 9786612940477 | |
| 0-8330-5072-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910219978903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Occasional paper (Rand Corporation) ; ; OP-306.