Stephen Gillers and Barbara S. Gillers discuss Litigation Financing, also known as Litigation Funding, an umbrella term to describe situations in which a person or organization invests in the claim of another person or organization. They then discuss Rule 1.9(a), a conflict rule that describes duties to former clients.
Stephen is the Elihu Root Professor of Law and Barbara is an Adjunct Professor of Law, both at New York University School of Law.