Event Description
What is litigation
funding? What are the legal, policy and ethical issues, and how does it
really work? Get an overview from a panel that includes a lawyer with
experience in litigation funding and an asset manager from the funding side.
Ethics topics will include: whether and in what circumstances litigation
funding arrangements may violate Minnesota Rule of Professional Conduct 5.4(a)
prohibition on fee-splitting with non-lawyers (including New York City Bar Association
opinion on this topic); ABA best practices concerning litigation funding and a lawyer’s ethical
obligations (e.g. maintaining client confidentiality, fully advising the client, assuring that
client retains control of the litigation, representing the interests of the client and not the
funder).
Panelists:
John B.
Orenstein | Of Counsel | Greene
Espel PLLP
John Orenstein is a commercial litigator with an emphasis on
securities litigation. John has been Deputy General Counsel at RBC Dain
Rauscher and in-house counsel at Whitebox
Advisors.
David
Jang | Principal | Bardin Hill Investment
Partners
David Jang is a Principal at Bardin Hill Investment Partners, a
multistrategy asset manager with a group focusing on litigation finance and
other litigation-driven investments. David practiced general commercial
litigation at Wachtell, Lipton and MoloLamken before entering asset management
in 2014.
Christopher
K. Larus | National Chair, IP & Technology
Practice | Robins Kaplan LLP
For more than 25 years, Chris has helped his
clients protect their intellectual property rights. He tries complex patent,
trademark, copyright, trade secret, and licensing cases. He represents both
plaintiffs and defendants in courts throughout the country, and in both national
and international arbitration.
CLE
Credits:
1.0 Ethics CLE Credit | Event Code: 343295
Cost:
HCBA Member: $0
Non-HCBA Member: $40
Law Student/New
Admittee: Free
Deadline to register: March 2, 2021
Remote Participation: Remote instructions will be
emailed to you the day prior to the event.
Payments: Due to the pandemic, accounting staff have
limited access to the office making the processing of checks difficult. We
request that you register online or over the phone by credit card whenever
possible. If you need assistance, please contact the program manager. If
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creating an inclusive environment in which all members can participate fully. If
you need reasonable accommodations to participate in this event, please notify
the program manager. Please provide notification at least 72 hours prior
to the meeting to allow sufficient time to make arrangements for accommodations.
Thank you.
Program Manager:
Kara
Haro
kharo@mnbars.org
612-278-6329