LEO: Avoiding Acquisition of Interest LE Op. 485
Avoiding Acquisition of Interest in Litigation/Advancing Expenses.
November 8, 1982
It is improper for a private law firm to advance the costs and expenses of litigation where the client will not be ultimately liable for these costs and expenses. This is so even in a class action --when there is no readily identifiable "client" --and even though the class members are indigent. [See DR:5-103(B).]
Committee Opinion November 8, 1982
CROSS REFERENCES
See also LE Op. 997, LE Op. 1182, and LE Op. 1237. |