Cause For Action: An ILR Podcast

Episode 4: How Courtrooms are Turned into Casinos

September 10, 2019 InstituteForLegalReform
Cause For Action: An ILR Podcast
Episode 4: How Courtrooms are Turned into Casinos
Show Notes

ILR SVP Legal Reform Initiatives Page Faulk interviews Skadden Arps Partner John Beisner on third party litigation funding (TPLF) and asks, “Do we really want our courtrooms turned into casinos?” John and Page discuss t the fundamentals of TPLF, the ethical and regulatory concerns and why disclosure of TPLF arrangements in civil cases is so important. They also discuss the latest developments at the federal Advisory Committee on Civil Rules, in Congress and the states as well as where the disclosure debate is going.