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NYU Law sending free help to 10 Dem AGs for environmental causes; Marcellus Shale group 'alarmed' at message

By Nicholas Malfitano | Tuesday, Mar 6, 2018 @ 12:00pm

NEW YORK – Democratic state attorneys general, like Pennsylvania's Josh Shapiro, are getting free help from New York University School of Law to bolster their environmental causes, though a Commonwealth business advocacy group worries this results in important work being outsourced to an out-of-state entity.
Philly judge voids third-party funding in NFL concussion litigation, but company hopes N.Y. colleague disagrees

By Dee Thompson | Thursday, Jan 11, 2018 @ 1:26pm

PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia federal judge says agreements in which RD Legal Funding advanced money to plaintiffs in the pending NFL concussion litigation are void, but the attorney representing RD Legal has asked a judge in New York to ignore that finding.
Litigation funder spending cash on political candidates like AGs of New York and Pennsylvania

By John O'Brien | Thursday, Jan 4, 2018 @ 2:47pm

NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – Companies that fund lawsuits can find themselves in the crosshairs of state regulators, and a recent New York Post article revealed that one such business has given tens of thousands of dollars to one of the nation’s most important public officials – who happens to have sued a competing company.