The 2nd Annual LF Dealmakers Forum addressed advancements in and the future of litigation finance, while also calling back to the origins of the field and the purposes it was designed to serve.
A conversation with Boaz Weinstein of Lake Whillans, a Chambers-ranked litigation funder, on building a company that could be defined as human.
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Several factors must be considered when seeking litigation funding for your clients.
Funders are very picky about the cases they pick; what are they looking for in the underwriting process?
At 9 a.m., Boaz Weinstein, Principal of Lake Whillans Capital Partners, will deliver the conference’s keynote address.
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Buoyed by a combination of shrinking corporate legal budgets and under-resourced startups seeking to protect their interests, litigation-finance options are proliferating.
Observations and insights on the career path to the litigation industry, as well as trends in the field.
* How many of Above the Law’s Scalia groupies tuned in to watch the opinionated Supreme Court justice on Piers Morgan last night? Now we all know what Justice Scalia’s favorite pasta dish is! [CNN] * In other news, the Supreme Court’s approval rating has dropped even lower in the wake of the Affordable Care Act decision — just 41% of Americans are satisfied with SCOTUS. [New York Times] * Dewey know if D&L is going to be able to pay out bonuses and retention fees? Not if the U.S. Trustee can help it. They’re not “cost effective or economically feasible” — go figure. [Bloomberg] * City records for Boaz Weinstein’s and Tali Farhadian Weinstein’s $25.5M lawyerly lair have officially hit the books. Not too shabby for a federal prosecutor. [New York Observer] * “I am not a racist. I am not a murderer.” George Zimmerman sat down for an interview with Sean Hannity to tell his side of the story. Prosecutors must be thanking Zimmerman’s attorney for this gift. [Orlando Sentinel] * Duncan Law is appealing its accreditation appeal before the American Bar Association’s Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar. This must be the three strikes approach to accreditation. [ABA Journal] * Give this undocumented immigrant one of the documents he’s earned. Immigration law professors are lining up to support Sergio Garcia’s attempt to win admission to the California bar. [National Law Journal] * California’s foie gras ban will remain in effect due to the lack of a “satisfactory explanation” as to why a TRO should be granted. Sorry, but wanting to eat classy French food isn’t a good enough reason. [Businessweek]
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