Relationship between legal practitioner, litigation funder and client - types of conflicts of interest - ensuring that conflict of interest issues are adequately protected in funded proceedings - mechanisms for regulating the lawyer-client relationship - fiduciary duty - models of proceedings...

Law is at once increasingly broad and increasingly specialized. Law affects more people more frequently and more deeply than ever before. More federal, state, and local laws, rules, and regulations cover more trades, professions, and industries, control more lands, premises, and activities, and...

Based on the analysis of the online profiles of 205 BRI Talent Bank lawyers as accredited by China’s national bar association, this article generates important empirical knowledge about the approaches and processes that a nation state may use in directing the internationalization of the legal...

To escape the harsh conditions of work in agriculture or food processing plants, many undocumented immigrants turn to entrepreneurship for safer working conditions and better economic prospects. Transactional lawyers often help these entrepreneurs form limited liability companies or worker...

Business clients often view lawyers as obstructionists who do little more than tell them they cannot do what they want to do. These perceptions are particularly prevalent among creative, energetic entrepreneurs who have crafted an innovative product or service to satisfy a market need and are...