Third-Party Litigation Funding: A Boon or Bane to the Progress of Civil Justice?

Lewis will address why third-party litigation funding documents are subject to work-product protection. He will then posit that even though some portions of the third-party litigation funding business model may be in opposition to the current Model Rules, their transgressions do not harm clients or the legal profession. In addition, due to the current access to civil justice issues in America, the Model Rules should carve out exceptions in cases of third-party litigation funding, especially when these exceptions condone conduct that adheres to the purpose of the Model Rules and further the legal professions goal of providing civil legal services to all.