Alternative litigation financing in the United States
Subtitle: issues, knowns, and unknowns
By: Steven Garber
Series: Occasional paper -- OP-306-LFCMP; Occasional paper (Rand Corporation) -- OP-306.
Publisher: RAND
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Santa Monica, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 50
ISBN-13: 9780833049902
Subjects: Costs (Law); Practice of law; Lawyers; Fees; Law and economics
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 47-50).

"This [paper's] ... financial support was provided by Juridica Investments Limited, a supplier of one type of alternative litigation financing discussed and analyzed her. Additional financial support was provided by the Kauffman-RAND Institute for Entrepreneurship Public Policy."--T.p verso.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Overview of this paper; title: A snapshot of the U.S. ALF industry, as of early 2010; title: Different meanings of ethics and implications for ALF activity; title: Microeconomic perspectives on the current and near-term effects of ALF on litigation; title: Policy assessment and the effects of ALF over time; title: Concluding comments.