12:00 pm – 1:30 pm ET

Who Pays, Who Decides? Understanding the Financial Interests Driving the Litigation

The legal merits are only part of the litigation equation. Insurance, third-party funding, adverse-cost exposure and other financial arrangements can affect who bears the risk, who influences key decisions, when settlement becomes attractive and how long a matter can realistically continue. Litigators who understand these forces are better equipped to give advice that reflects how the case actually works.

See the financial architecture behind the litigation and bring it into your strategic advice. Become better equipped to:

• Map who is funding the litigation, who bears the financial risk and who may influence key decisions.
• Probe the insurance, third-party funding and cost issues that matter to litigation strategy.
• Evaluate how financial arrangements can alter incentives, leverage and settlement dynamics.
• Factor adverse-cost exposure and changing litigation economics into procedural and settlement recommendations.
• Translate the legal and financial picture into practical options the client can act on.

Speakers

Naomi Loewith, Omni Bridgeway - Litigation Finance Firm (Toronto, ON)

William Main, Reconstruct LLP (Toronto, ON)

Moderator

TBA