Litigation finance contracts explained: Forbes.com

Litigation-Finance Contract Reveals How Investors Back Lawsuits - Daniel Fisher - Full Disclosure - Forbes: "A contract between Ecuadorean villagers suing Chevron and a London firm that finances corporate litigation offers a detailed look at a growing phenomenon in the law: Investing in lawsuits. The contract with a Cayman Islands arm of Burford Group shows the conflicts that can riddle such arrangements, and have led some states, like Nevada, to ban them outright."