U.S. District Court, N.D. Cal. · US (CA) · 2016 · Decided
Citation/Docket: 2016 WL 4154849 (N.D. Cal. Aug. 5, 2016)
Posture: Class certification discovery
Funder(s) involved: (Class action funder)
In a Nigerian villagers' class action, Chevron sought the funding agreement as relevant to adequacy of class counsel.
Disclosure of the funding agreement ordered, adequacy in class actions can trump confidentiality.
Class actions are the weak point of funding confidentiality; ND Cal standing order now requires funding disclosure in all class actions.
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