Louisiana’s New Litigation Finance Disclosure Statute and the Institutional Preference for Plaintiff Firms Over Litigation Funders

W. Tyler Perry of Certum Group argues contingency fee plaintiff work and litigation funding are not sufficiently different to warrant their difference in treatment under emerging disclosure legislation in Indiana, Louisiana, and Virginia, reflecting a clear institutional preference for the plaintiff bar (the original litigation funders) over third-party funders (more recent entrants into the space).

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