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ABA Establishes Legal Funding Best Practices

September 14, 2020

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The American Bar Association’s House of Delegates adopted a resolution for “Best Practices for Third-Party Litigation Funding” by a vote of 366-10 on August 3, 2020, which established numerous national…

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