Comments on: Mysterious Wal-Mart suit https://www.overlawyered.com/2005/11/mysterious-wal-mart-suit/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Mon, 13 Feb 2006 09:46:20 +0000 hourly 1 By: PointOfLaw Forum https://www.overlawyered.com/2005/11/mysterious-wal-mart-suit/comment-page-1/#comment-1495 Mon, 13 Feb 2006 09:46:20 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=2756#comment-1495 Schaeffer on litigation financing

Evan Schaeffer links to an American Lawyer piece on litigation financing by Alison Frankel—the practice of contingent loans that, though charging a high interest rate, are not recoverable if the attorney loses the litigation. (Ohio has outlawed t…

]]> By: Always Low Prices -- Always https://www.overlawyered.com/2005/11/mysterious-wal-mart-suit/comment-page-1/#comment-1494 Thu, 03 Nov 2005 17:07:57 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=2756#comment-1494 Ted Frank on Wal-Mart’s Mysterious Lawsuit

Most of you know that Wal-Mart fired Tom Coughlin for misuse of corporate funds. (Actually Coughlin retired in January, and was removed from the board in March). A big problem with Wal-Mart’s civil claim against Coughlin is that the two…

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