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Great time at Yankees game tonight. #HOUvsNYY

Is it harder to settle because of funding? Most cases still settle. Will it be more expensive? Maybe, but it’s in the defendant’s hands when to settle and for how much. It’s not because of funding. #Legalweek19 – at Manhattan, NY

Solutions are coming to deal with defense costs. We’re in the first three innings of the funding game. That’s the last three. #Legalweek19 – at Manhattan, NY

There’s been a massive infusion of capital into litigation funding. #Legalweek19 – at Manhattan, NY

Validity Finance — client gets at least 60% of the litigation recovery. #Legalweek19 – at Manhattan, NY

Caine of Burford: If legal goes out on a limb to pursue a claim, they want to reduce the risk. That’s where litigation funding comes in. #Legalweek19 – at Manhattan, NY

Sager: Who was the first lawyer for DuPont? Alexander Hamilton. #Legalweek19 – at Manhattan, NY

Looking forward to panel on GCs as revenue drivers. The legendary Tom Sager, former DuPont GC, along with Julie Ortmeier, GC of CARFAX, Ralph Sutton, CEO of Validity Finance, and Rufus Caine, VP of Burford Capital. #Legalweek19 – at Manhattan, NY

Will a law firm buy an ALSP? Denton’s buys Axiom?Absolutely. But would it be smart? The biggest risk is they’d wreck it. #Legalweek19 – at Manhattan, NY

Managing partners hate it when you call their firms a hotel for lawyers — the warehouse model. Some are becoming law factories. #Legalweek19 – at Manhattan, NY

Bruce: Companies don’t change until they have to. Nokia had 55% market share the day Steve Jobs announced the iPhone. Three years later it had 2%. #Legalweek19 – at Manhattan, NY

It shocked me that more firms didn’t follow Baker into Manila with its shared service center — Nick. Firms used to try to make it cheaper, but now it’s also about faster and better. Tech helps that — Jae. #Legalweek19 – at Manhattan, NY

Nick Bruch is serious about figuring out which firms are putting their money where their mouths are — like Kirkland. #Legalweek19 – at Manhattan, NY

Treading water, as some firms are doing, is just drowning very slowly. — Jae Um #Legalweek19 – at Manhattan, NY

The buy-sell dynamic between law firms and in-house counsel is incredibly complicated. There’s a revolving door between buy and sell — Bruce MacEwan. #Legalweek19 – at Manhattan, NY

The next downturn is going to be a reckoning for law firms - Nick Bruch. #Legalweek19 – at Manhattan, NY

Three things that are very tough to change in a law firm: governance, comp and culture. #Legalweek19 – at Manhattan, NY