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Balanced Bridge Reaffirms Their Commitment to Focus Exclusively on Post-Settlement Funding

Market Watch 22 Mar 2019

Virtually all legal finance companies concentrate their efforts on either pre-settlement advances or commercial litigation funding ... "Balanced Bridge was created to provide financing to professionals with special funding requests not serviced by traditional lenders," says Patrick Conlin, Managing Director of Balanced Bridge....

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Port: Attorney General Stenehjem disputes Treasurer Schmidt’s claim that his office told her to continue ...

Grand Forks Herald 21 Mar 2019

... this matter, while interested parties (such as North Dakota United, the combined public worker and teacher unions) look on and consider litigation should any approved fix not sufficiently make these funds whole....

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Former provincial political advisor indicted

Xinhua 21 Mar 2019

Prosecutors accused Huo of taking advantage of his posts to solicit or accept money and gifts, seek benefits for others and misappropriate public funds to conduct profit-making activities, the statement said....

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California State University (CSU) agrees to landmark settlement with The Lawfare Project and Winston & ...

The Philadelphia Tribune 21 Mar 2019

... investigator for investigation;"Funding viewpoint diversity ... Headquartered in New York, The Lawfare Project, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, is a legal think tank and litigation fund committed to protecting the civil and human rights of Jewish communities around the world....

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Horizon IT system trial suspended after Post Office accuses judge of bias

Computer Weekly 21 Mar 2019

So far as these claimants, and the subject matter of this group litigation, are concerned, this might be thought to be wholly wishful thinking,” Fraser said in the ruling ... Group litigation against Post Office being prepared in Horizon dispute ... Post Office faces group litigation over Horizon IT as subpostmasters fund class action....

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Push to ban Florida sanctuary cities advances amid warning

Waco Tribune-Herald 21 Mar 2019

ICE spokesman Nestor Yglesias said he could not comment on the report because the cases are in litigation. Shortly after President Donald Trump was sworn in and said he would strip federal funding from sanctuary jurisdictions, Miami-Dade County's mayor ordered the corrections ......

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Liht Cannabis Corp. Announces Executive Management Changes

Pharmiweb 21 Mar 2019

(CSE. LIHT) (OTCQX ... Ms ... Ms ... Ms ... Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the Company's expectations include, litigation, global economic climate, loss of key employees and consultants, additional funding requirements, changes in laws, competition, and failure of counterparties to perform their contractual obligations ... ....

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Minn. House passes opioid legislation with controversial funding mechanism

Wahpeton Daily News 20 Mar 2019

The money would go into a designated account, which would also collect any funds received through settlement or court orders related to opioid litigation, Session Daily reported ... Others expressed concern about the possible risk of litigation, which could jeopardize funding....

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Royalty Owners Who Received a Payment From EQT Between December 8, 2008 and December 31, ...

The Record 20 Mar 2019

A $53.5 million Settlement Fund will be established by the EQT Defendants ... Attorneys representing the Class will request payment up to one-third of the Settlement Fund, plus the costs of litigation which would be deducted from the Settlement Payments before distributing the rest to Class Members....

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Supporters of joint lawsuit limitations headed for first major victory

Columbia Missourian 20 Mar 2019

Johnson & Johnson v. Burlison ... Sen ... "We're using taxpayer dollars to fund litigation that has no real nexus or connection to the city of St ... Sen ... Sen ... Louis ... Sen ... Bruce DeGroot, R-Chesterfield, serves as the vice chairman of the House Judiciary Committee and chairs the Subcommittee on Litigation Reform, both of which are major venues for tort reform ... ....

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Want to file a class action lawsuit in Missouri? Not so fast, lawmakers say

Columbia Missourian 20 Mar 2019

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Death penalty moratorium in California – what it means for the state and for the nation

The Marshall News Messenger 20 Mar 2019

The powerful image of the death chamber being dismantled is a reminder that behind the death penalty lies a giant machine of lengthy and expensive litigation, dilapidated housing conditions and arcane regulations, which must now be considered. With less need to fund representation ......

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Lawsuits hot new option for Wall Street investors

This is Money 20 Mar 2019

Litigation funding can "improve their ability to access the legal system more effectively," because it "helps level the playing field and permits cases to be adjudicated on merits and not on money plaintiffs or defendants may have," he said ... Companies that are filing the lawsuit can, in just a few clicks, raise funds from the site....