Payment of Expenses in Securities Class Actions: Ethical Dilemmas, Class Counsel, and Congressional Intent

Miller, Geoffrey

doi:10.2139/ssrn.361081

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Payment of Expenses in Securities Class Actions: Ethical Dilemmas, Class Counsel, and Congressional Intent

Geoffrey P. Miller

New York University School of Law

NYU Law Center, Public Law Research Paper No. 52; and NYU, Ctr for Law and Business Research Paper No. 02-10

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This paper considers the law and economics of legal ethics rules in certain states that purport to prohibit an attorney from advancing costs and expenses of litigation with repayment by the client contingent on success of the case. The paper argues that these rules, to the extent they are otherwise effective, should not be enforced in the context of private securities litigation brought under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 60

Keywords: litigation, expenses, ethics, class actions

JEL Classification: K41

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Date posted: January 9, 2003

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Miller, Geoffrey P., Payment of Expenses in Securities Class Actions: Ethical Dilemmas, Class Counsel, and Congressional Intent. NYU Law Center, Public Law Research Paper No. 52; and NYU, Ctr for Law and Business Research Paper No. 02-10. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=361081 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.361081

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