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Litigation Funding Disclosure In Delaware: Emerging Standard?

Above The Law

This may evidence a trend towards settling on an approach to resolve the long-running tussle over proposed mandatory disclosure of litigation funding, nationwide and internationally. The post Litigation Funding Disclosure In Delaware: Emerging Standard? appeared first on Above the Law.

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Delaware Judge Seeks to Expose Patent-Litigation Funders

The IP Law Blog

Do defendants and the court have the right to ask who is funding a particular patent litigation? Chief Judge Connolly in Delaware says they do, and in In re Nimitz, the Federal Circuit denied a request to stop the judge’s inquiry. The issue arose as a result of two standing orders issued by Judge Connolly.

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3 Questions For A Delaware Litigator And Court Commentator (Part I)

Above The Law

The post 3 Questions For A Delaware Litigator And Court Commentator (Part I) appeared first on Above the Law. Andrew Russell's coverage of the fast-changing developments in a popular patent jurisdiction have been both enlightening and indispensable.

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3 Questions For A Delaware Litigator And Court Commentator (Part II)

Above The Law

The post 3 Questions For A Delaware Litigator And Court Commentator (Part II) appeared first on Above the Law. This court commentator is a practicing attorneys, not a reporter. He has a better idea of when a decision is significant and when it’s not.

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Court OKs Tesla Board’s Deal to Repay Nearly $1 Billion

Intelligize Blog

Ending one skirmish amid the legal battles at Tesla over excessive compensation, a Delaware Chancery Court on January 8 approved a deal that Teslas board of directors struck 18 months ago to return roughly $919 million to the company. Along with the settlement, Delaware Chancery Court Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick also approved $176.2

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Guest Post: Third-Party Litigation Funding: Disclosure to Courts, Congress, and the Executive

Patently O

Stroud is General Counsel at Unified Patents – an organization often adverse to litigation-funded entities. [1] litigation finance boom of the past 20 years—as has been widely reported, private equity now undergirds huge swaths of U.S. Guest post by Jonathan Stroud. Patent assertion finance today is a multibillion-dollar business. [2]

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Why A Delaware Supreme Court Decision Affirming Shifting A Contingency Fee To The Losing Party Could Have Applications To Recovering The Costs Of Litigation Funding [Sponsored]

Above The Law

Analogous logic could apply to the costs of litigation funding. The post Why A Delaware Supreme Court Decision Affirming Shifting A Contingency Fee To The Losing Party Could Have Applications To Recovering The Costs Of Litigation Funding appeared first on Above the Law.