Right now, we are concentrating on e-discovery rather than the entire field of litigation support. (slaw.ca)
But the revelation this week that Mr. Thiel was covertly backing Mr. Bollea's case as well as others has raised a series of new questions about the First Amendment as well as about the role of big money in the court system — specifically the emerging field of litigation finance, in which third parties like hedge funds and investment firms pay for other people's lawsuits. (nytimes.com)
New Jersey has been ordered to restore funds for urban schools, while in Florida a class action brought by the state's teachers union seeks to protect state employee pensions from the budget knife, a fresh field of litigation. (educationnext.org)