2023 was a banner year for class actions. In total, class action settlements swelled to over $51 billion. As tallied in Duane Morris’s 2024 Class Action Review, that number, when considered along with 2022’s $66 billion, marks the highest 2-year period for class action settlements in American history. 2024 looks to make that a 3-year […]
Law firms, like any other business, need cash to operate. Famously, our court system moves at a rather deliberate pace, and attorneys often find themselves waiting, sometimes for years, for a settlement to reach the finish line and turn into a payment. This is where post-settlement funding comes in. It allows law firms waiting on […]
Transparency is something that we can all appreciate, especially when it comes to the law. Legislation, however, has gotten so complicated, that even our own government finds itself confusing. Just last year, the President signed the Providing Accountability Through Transparency Act, which requires agencies to include a 100 plain word summary of any proposed rule. […]
If you are worried that A.I. will put us all out of the job, the courts haven’t exactly sought to protect those individuals whose works have been, or will be, freely used to train the very A.I. that will potentially put them out of the job one day. In order to develop a Generative A.I., […]
Have you ever seen the news about a big lawsuit and realized the harm applied to you? Have you ever wondered how someone becomes part of a class action lawsuit? In this article we cover all the basics. How does one join a class action lawsuit? Well, you don’t really. If you have been defined […]
Background checks are becoming an increasingly ubiquitous part of modern life. You want a job? We’ll need a background check. . . You want this apartment? We’ll need a background check. . . If you’d like this car loan, we’ll need a background check. . . The Background Check Industry The rise of the internet […]