With high stakes, high cost litigation, third party funders are becoming more involved in decisions related to litigation strategy, and ultimately have a say in settlement decisions. Let us discuss how this affects our abilities as mediators to resolve matters. What are the potential conflicts concerns? How does the neutral ferret out the potential existence and interests of those third party funders? What are the potential conflicts between the parties and third parties funding their litigation? These are the issues that will be discussed in this presentation.
