REBUTTAL: The Problem With 3rd-Party Litigation Financing

Law360, New York (July 24, 2015, 11:18 AM EDT) -- Can third-party litigation financing fix gender discrimination in law firms? A recent Law360 guest article from Burford Capital LLC ("Litigation Finance Can Help Break the Glass Ceiling," Aviva O. Will, July 15, 2015) suggests it can. The point isn't to use such financing to fund discrimination lawsuits. Rather, the author suggests that female litigation attorneys should be pitching third-party litigation financing (TPLF) for use in their litigation cases. Burford's tortured logic — that law firms and corporate clients will reward women lawyers for suggesting TPLF, thereby advancing diversity in law firm partnership ranks — is nothing more than a marketing ploy to boost Burford's revenues....

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