Alternative Litigation Financing in the United States Issues, Knowns, and Unknowns

• Main Author: Garber, Steven (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: RAND Corporation 2010
• Subjects: Civil codes / Civil law; Civil procedure, litigation & dispute resolution; Law
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

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 a...