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[Originally published in NYPRR May 2011] NYPRR has published several articles (June 2005, July 2010 and February 2011) about the funding of litigation by third parties who have no other interest in the matter than to secure a substantial return on...
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By Lazar Emanuel [Originally published NYPRR February 2011] On Jan. 16, 2001, The New York Times ran a front-page story whose general thrust was set by the headline, “Lawsuit Loans add new risk for the Injured.” The article was a collaboration...
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By Lazar Emanuel [Originally published in NYPRR July 2010] Does the exchange of questions and answers between the Second Circuit Court of Appeals and the New York Court of Appeals in Trust v. Love Funding, decided in January 2010, put at jeopardy the...