Guide · Litigation

Litigation Finance and Structured Settlements: A Comprehensive Guide to Funding Agreements, Champerty, Disclosure, and Transfers

15 U.S.C. § 1601

Type
Guide
Jurisdiction
National
Date
2025-12-21
Topic
Litigation

This guide covers outside money in civil litigation from both directions. Part I distinguishes the three funding markets and Part II covers champerty, maintenance, and what survives of them. Part III covers the commercial funding agreement clause by clause; Part IV covers consumer legal funding and its regulation. Part V covers disclosure, privilege, and work product, and Part VI covers ethics and counsel's obligations. Part VII covers structured settlements and their tax architecture, and Part VIII covers factoring transfers and the court approval standard. Part IX covers liens, distribution, and practice notes.

Litigation Finance and Structured Settlements: A Comprehensive Guide to Funding Agreements, Champerty, Disclosure, and Transfers

Litigation > Litigation Finance and Structured Settlements | Published 21 December 2025 - Updated 7 April 2026 | UpLaw - uplaw.us

How to use this guide

A plaintiff offered an advance: Part IV, then Part IX. A company or firm seeking commercial funding: Parts II, III, and V. Defense counsel facing a funded opponent: Part V. A payee offered a lump sum for structured payments: Parts VII and VIII. A judge with a transfer petition: Part VIII. Counsel with ethics questions: Part VI.

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