Private Equity Critic Sounds Alarm on Mass Tort Suit Investors

Welcome back to the Big Law Business column. I’m Roy Strom, and today we look at how one law professor sees litigation funding evolving in mass torts. Sign up to receive this column in your Inbox on Thursday mornings.

Here’s one way to make litigation finance executives uncomfortable: Ask whether they control the outcome of the lawsuits in which they invest.

Calling the shots on how specific cases are handled has always been an ethical red line funders say they refuse to cross.

Samir Parikh is sure to ruffle a lot of feathers.

The Lewis & Clark Law School ...