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Clayton Utz | Australia | 19 Jun 2020
Plaintiff lawyers will be allowed to charge contingency fees in class actions commenced in the Supreme Court of Victoria and for those fees to be…
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DAC Beachcroft | European Union, United Kingdom | 4 Apr 2019
The Government’s long awaited changes to the funding of defamation and privacy claims are coming into effect on 6 April 2019. Claimants will no…
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Borden Ladner Gervais LLP | Canada | 3 Apr 2019
In JB & M Walker Ltd. v. TDL Group, Justice Morgan approved a litigation funding agreement between Galactic TH Litigation Funders LC and the…
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VISCHER AG | Switzerland, United Kingdom | 12 Feb 2019
This blog series provides litigators and corporate counsel from other jurisdictions with a practical understanding of the mechanics, advantages, and…
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EffortlessLegal | Global, United Kingdom, USA | 18 Dec 2018
Cost control has been a hot topic in the legal sector at least since the financial crisis of 2008. The economic downturn led many clients to look more…
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McCarthy Tétrault LLP | Canada | 22 Nov 2018
Prince Edward Island is currently the only Canadian province without provincial lobbyist registration requirements. But that is about to change. Last…
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CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP | United Kingdom | 21 Jun 2018
The Court of Appeal has held that a conditional fee agreement (CFA) that referred to a claim against a named defendant also applied to related claims…
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4 New Square Chambers | United Kingdom | 28 Mar 2018
The latest decision in a cluster of applications by clients seeking disclosure of their former solicitors’ file. Hat-tip to my colleague Paul Parker…
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Duane Morris LLP | USA | 2 Feb 2018
As the values of transactions in the cannabis industry grow, commercial litigation is certain to follow. One reason for this is that lawyers may be…
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Gowling WLG | Canada | 7 Dec 2017
Ms. Hodge was injured in a motor vehicle accident and retained the law firm Neinstein & Associates to represent her. The contingency fee agreement…