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The Third Party Funding of International Arbitration Claims: The Newest “New Thing” is being sponsored by the New York State Bar Association and the Fordham University School of Law, in collaboration with the American Bar Association Sections of Dispute Resolution and International Law.

The event will be held at:
Fordham University School of Law
113 West 60th Street, 12th floor Lounge, New York, NY
June 15, 2011
1:00PM-7:00PM

Learn how the industry and the case law is developing, what funders look for in making their investment decisions, what commercial, professional, and ethical considerations need to be reviewed, why international arbitration may be ripe for expanded use of such investments, and what empirical research reveals and predicts for the future.

Topics to be covered include:
*areas relating to professional and ethics issues
*the possible impact of funding on the attorney-client relationship
*attorney client privilege
*conflicts of interest among the participants
*how to find a funder, the role and responsibilities of the lawyer, the different structures available for funding, the various funder services provided, the returns to and risks of the funder, how “sacred” is the contract, and “hands-on” versus “hands-off” considerations.

Presentations, comments, and questions, will be presented by prominent experts in the field, including providers, users, academics, and the media.

Registration: Go to www.nysba.org/DRroundtable ; or call (518) 487-5600.

Information provided by: Stephanie H. Reckler of Fulbrook Management, LLC

A libertarian legal group has reportedly challenged a Florida law that regulates political action committees and similar groups. The Institute for Justice has filed a federal lawsuit against Florida’s campaign finance law on Wednesday, the 29th of September, 2010. This protest has been raised as part of a national drive against such laws. The Institute for Justice has already issued a report stating that these Florida campaign laws restrict free speech and expression of all political entrepreneurs.

Freedom of speech and expression was considered important enough by our founding fathers to be honored with the 1st Amendment to our Constitution. Yet across the nation there are many laws that prevent the US citizens from expressing their right to speech and expression about important issues that effect our citizens; one such issue is that of increasing debt problems and debt help services that assist those in debt. The Libertarians opine that, in Florida, Florida campaign finance laws responsible for this infringement on free speech.

This lawsuit has been filed by a few residents of Sarasota and Charlotte County who expressed their wish to spend some dollars on a radio ad that criticized Amendment 4. They have filed this lawsuit in opposition to Florida campaign finance laws which, according to them, prohibits them from expressing their rights. The lawsuit was prepared by legal groups sympathetic to this cause; it argues that Florida’s laws are “burdensome”, especially in the dawn of a controversial US Supreme Court decision that blocked bans on corporate spending for political purposes. The Florida law requires US citizens to register with the state and file regular campaign reports if they are considering spending more than $500 on political activities.

Few states have similar laws. And, of course, freedom of speech is a constitutional right, not a privilege that may be conditioned or controlled by bureaucrats. However, these types of laws have been used to bar many effective speakers in various parts of the country. A US Supreme Court spokesperson has reportedly said that if the First Amendment has any meaning, it may bar the government from taking action against any citizen for his/her simple exercise of free, political, speech.

The Institute of Justice has already challenged part of the subject law in court and was successful in striking a portion of the law and forcing revision of the challenged language. And at least one federal judge has declared the law unconstitutional. Stay tuned.....

Posted by:

Cathy Jackson

Lawsuit Financial Corporation helps provide legal finance and cash flow solutions and consulting if necessities of life litigation funding is needed while personal injury litigation is pending. The company CEO and Lawsuit Finance Blog Author, Mark M. Bello, is a Justice Pac member of the American Association for Justice, Sustaining and Justice Pac member of the Michigan Association for Justice, Business Associate of the Florida, Tennessee, and Colorado Associations for Justice, a member of the American Bar Association, the State Bar of Michigan and the Injury Board.

The opinions expressed in this guest post are those of the guest author and do not, necessarily reflect positions or opinions of Lawsuit Financial Corporation, LawsuitFinanceBlog.com or Mark M. Bello.