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If it's not illegal yet I hope it is soon.

• ig1 17y ago
  Why - do you think only people/companies who are rich should be able to bring lawsuits ? The availability of litigation financing to people with legitimate legal complaints is critical to having a fair legal system.
• tentonova 17y ago
  Is this a reasonable vehicle for entities that simply would not otherwise have the funds to engage in legitimate litigation against an well-funded adversary? That said, there seems to be an inherent unfairness in a system where the opponent with the largest coffers wins, and your only reasonable option as a litigant is to find an equally capable financer to invest in your redress of grievances.
  • noonespecial 17y ago
    Ahh, you see, somewhere along the line it stopped being at all about the redress of grievances.
• d4ft 17y ago
  In the US, it depends on the jurisdiction. See here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champerty_and_maintenance http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champerty_and_maintenance
  • j_b_f 17y ago
    That link was pretty interesting! It's weird to think that contingency fee arrangements were banned until relatively recently.