Law Practice,
Ethics/Professional Responsibility,
Civil Litigation
Mar. 20, 2020
A changing professional ethics landscape to allow litigation funding
A working group from the New York City Bar Association recently proposed (as of March 1, 2020) changes to its rules to permit litigation funding. If these guidelines are adopted, the New York bar’s members will be allowed to work on such cases and split legal fees with nonlawyers to accommodate the “reality” of such funding.
A. Marco Turk
Emeritus Professor
CSU Dominguez Hills
Email: amarcoturk.commentary@gmail.com
A. Marco Turk is a contributing writer, professor emeritus and former director of the Negotiation, Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding program at CSU Dominguez Hills, and currently adjunct professor of law, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University Caruso School of Law.
A working group from the New York City Bar Association recently proposed (as of March 1, 2020) changes to its rules to permit litigation funding. If these guidelines are adopted, the New York bar's members will be allowed to work on such cases and split legal fees with nonlawyers to accommodate the "reality" of such funding.
The purpose of the proposal is to make sure lawyers will be more informed and prepared when using third-party ...
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