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Third party litigation funding has become intriguing development in the expansion of global class and collective action litigation over the past several years, particularly in Australia.  (For various previous CAB articles addressing third party litigation funding, click here).  The concept of third party litigation funding generally refers to financing of litigation by a private party or corporation that is [...]

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CBC business columnist Michael Hlinka has this modest proposal for how to prevent class action abuse in Canada: make unsuccessful plaintiffs’ class action attorneys pay the defendant an amount equal to the amount of the contingent fees that they stood to earn if they had won.  It’s  not an idea that is likely to catch on among policymakers, [...]

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