Litigation – Our Curious Amalgam

Aviva Will, Co-Chief Operating Officer, Burford Capital LLC

#290 Who Is Aviva Will? Antitrust Lawyer and Litigation Financing Entrepreneur

Posted 2 years ago Tagged Burford litigation finance litigation funding The Equity Project third party funding

Antitrust and competition lawyers have a choice of career paths, including private practice, in-house, and […]

Charles Moore, White & Case LLP

#254 How Did Antitrust Law Help Defeat the Ku Klux Klan? The Vietnamese Fisherman’s Association Case

Posted 3 years ago Tagged Asian-American history civil rights criminal conspiracy diversity KKK Vietnamese fishermen

In the early 1980s, a group of Vietnamese fisherman on the gulf coast of Texas […]

Henry J. Hauser, Adjunct Professor, University of Colorado Law School

#208 The Trouble With Treble? Examining the Effects of Mandatory Treble Damages

Posted 4 years ago Tagged damages enforcement litigation

Mandatory treble damages awards have been a feature of U.S. antitrust law for more than […]

David B. Rochelson, Associate, Robins Kaplan LLP

#150 Is This the End of Mandatory Arbitration? Turning the Tables With Mass Arbitration

Posted 5 years ago Tagged Arbitration class actions litigation

Knowing that few people have the time or resources to initiate arbitration over relatively small […]

Katherine L. Benson, Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein

#145 What’s the Harm? The Role of Uninjured Class Members in Class Certification.

Posted 5 years ago Tagged class action class certification private enforcement uninjured class members

Class certification has become increasingly complex, as courts try to define the class as precisely […]

The Honorable Judge Vaughn R. Walker (Retired), FedArb

#117 Can It Be Resolved? The Use of Mediators to Settle Antitrust Class Actions.

Posted 5 years ago Tagged ADR mediation settlement

Mediation is a tool that litigants can use to resolve disputes. What are the advantages […]

Joshua Davis, University of San Francisco School of Law

#112 What Can AI Do? Examining the Possibilities of Using Artificial Intelligence in the Law

Posted 5 years ago Tagged AI artificial intelligence law practice

Artificial Intelligence has been an increasingly important element of legal practice, including in antitrust and […]

Daniel Karon, Owner, Karon LLC

#110 What Is It Like? Understanding the Views and Perspectives of a Plaintiff’s Lawyer

Posted 5 years ago Tagged antitrust class action consumer protection enforcement federal legislation litigation policy practice state

Often the private antitrust and consumer protection bar is slightly more defense-oriented. But what is […]

Lisa Wood, Partner, Foley Hoag LLP

#99 What Are Best Practices for Virtual Litigation? Notes From the Field

Posted 6 years ago Tagged litigation trial practice virtual proceedings

Thanks to COVID-19, many courts and government agencies are using computer-based videoconferencing technology to conduct […]

Rosemary Ioannou, Regional Managing Director, UK, Vannin Capital

#51 How Does This Pay? Understanding the Role of Litigation Funding

Posted 6 years ago Tagged antitrust antitrust litigation commercial litigation competition competition litigation litigation litigation finance litigation funding non-recourse funding third party funding

Litigation funding (also known as third party funding or litigation finance) is funding provided by […]