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Government

Mar. 30, 2011

Regulating Third-Party Litigation Dollars

As legislatures across the country take up the issue of third-party financing for lawsuits, California has been slow to the dance. To date, it hasn't entered the debate at all, even as the practice has taken off.


By Emily Green


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SACRAMENTO - As legislatures across the nation take up the issue of third-party financing for lawsuits, California remains slow to the dance. To date, the state's lawmakers haven't entered the debate at all, even as the practice has taken off.


The controversy nationwide centers on what levels of interest rates financing companies should be allowed to charge litigants they advance money to, and...

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