Third-Party Litigation Financing Under a Veil of Secrecy: The Equilibrium Consequences of Disclosure Requirements

Steven Grenadier, Professor of Financial Economics at Stanford Graduate School of Business, and Brian Grenadier model how private versus mandatory disclosure of third-party litigation funding affects settlement and trial dynamics, finding that plaintiffs and defendants may prefer either secrecy or disclosure depending on how financing information shapes bargaining incentives.

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