Third Party Litigation Financing & Litigation Transparency Roundtable

On Wednesday, March 26, the Law & Economics Center held a roundtable on Third Party Litigation Financing & Litigation Transparency, discussing transparency in our civil justice system, especially when it comes to third party litigation financing (TPLF)—an increasingly used and similarly scrutinized mechanism for financing lawsuits. Speakers included Moderator: The Honorable Trevor N. McFadden, Judge, US District Court for the District of Columbia Seth Katsuya Endo, Vice Dean of Intellectual Life and Associate Professor of Law, Seattle University School of Law Jamil N. Jaffer, Founder & Executive Director, National Security Institute and Assistant Professor of Law & Director, National Security Law & Policy Program at the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University Donald J. Kochan, Professor of Law and Executive Director, Law & Economics Center, George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School Maya Steinitz, Professor of Law and R. Gordon Butler Scholar in International Law, Boston University School of Law