Civil Litigation,
Law Practice
Oct. 4, 2017
Attacks on litigation funding are attacks on litigation itself
It’s no accident that the leading advocates of increasing barriers to litigation are representatives of industries whose business practices routinely lead to litigation. Nor is it an accident that these same advocates are the leading critics of third-party litigation funding.
David M. Gallagher
Investment Manager and Legal Counsel
Bentham IMF
Email: dgallagher@benthamimf.com
Last month, Equifax and its allies lobbied Congress to limit credit bureaus’ exposure to lawsuits, just before news broke of the massive data breach affecting 143 million Americans. It’s no accident that the leading advocates of increasing barriers to litigation are representatives of industries whose business practices routinely lead to litigation. Nor is it an accident that these same advocates are the leading critics of third-party litigation funding.
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