Third-party financing of litigation has been described with a variety of unflattering metaphors. Litigation financers have been likened to gamblers in the courtroom casino, loan sharks, vultures, Wild West outlaws, and busybodies mucking about in the private affairs of others. Now Judge Richard...

One of the foundational principles of legal ethics is that the lawyer owes an obligation of undivided loyalty to the client, and no other interests or relationships can be permitted to interfere with the lawyer's exercise of independent professional judgment on behalf of the client. The...

The title of this paper is taken from the "signaling" model of social norms developed by Eric Posner in his book, Law and Social Norms. Posner's book is interesting, not because it is the best theoretical account of social norms, but because it is an object demonstration of a fundamental paradox...