Article On Alternative Litigation Finance

Robert Barton and Wendy Walker recently published an article entitled, Alternative Litigation Finance: Part 2 — The Ethical Do’s and Don’ts: Best Practices When Clients Finance Fiduciary Litigation, Probate & Property Magazine: Volume 29 No. 6 (2015). Provided below is an abstract of the article:

Alternative litigation finance (ALF) is an arrangement between the client and a third-party company under which the company funds litigation fees and costs up front in exchange for a fee. Although these companies have existed in the personal injury and commercial litigation fields for decades, it was not until relatively recently that these companies expanded with a focus on trust and estate litigation.