Writing for the majority, Justice Clarence Thomas said funding doesn’t have to come through the congressional appropriation process. An appropriation, he wrote, “is simply a law that...
The US Justice Department is increasingly intervening in private antitrust cases, hoping to shape the law in suits alleging algorithmic price-fixing, anticompetitive deals, and other violations.
In many cases, it might take several years for personal injury law suit to be determined and compensation to be issued. At FCA Legal Funding, we make sure that our clients access a wide...
DOVER, Del. (AP) — Officials in Delaware’s southernmost county have agreed to reassess property values for the first time in nearly half a century to settle a lawsuit over school funding and woeful...
common law prohibition on champerty ( Maslowski v. Prospect Funding Partners LLC ). We also examine a 2016 decision from New... a suit." Moses v. McDivitt , 88 N.Y. 62, 65 (1882)...
The first lawsuit involving the state’s new education funding formula is a big one, with potential statewide implications. In a lawsuit filed Wednesday, civil rights attorneys charged the Los Angeles Unified School District with shortchanging English learners, low-income children and foster youth by hundreds of millions of dollars. The district disputes the claim. Public Advocates Inc. and the American Civil Liberties Union argue that the state’s largest district is counting past spending th...
The law firm that represented Maryland’s historically Black universities in a 15-year federal lawsuit against the state is donating the $12.5 million in fees it was awarded when the case settled to...
Third party litigation funding (TPLF) allows hedge funds and other financiers to invest in lawsuits in exchange for a percentage of any settlement or judgment. The practice started in Australia, expanded to Europe and the U.S., and is now spreading elsewhere. Without disclosure requirements and other commonsense safeguards, these funders may take over litigation and fuel unmeritorious lawsuits. Entities that advance money to plaintiffs or law firms to cover litigation or other costs on a non-rec...
FIRST ON FOX: A California climate-focused law firm fueled by dark money quietly intervened in Massachusetts' Big Oil lawsuit, according to filings reviewed by Fox News Digital.
administration's funding scheme was against the law. A coalition of states led by California had filed suit to block the move. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra praised the appeals...