Believe it or not, there are actually funding companies out there who will do deals with your client; but will not require a signature from you, the attorney. My funding practice is that I get 99% of my deals from the attorney so I know the source of the deal at all times.
So getting back to these funding companies who don't require attorneys' signatures...this is a real two-edge sword for them. On the one hand the attorney can't step in and obstruct a "bad deal". On the other hand, the attorney may not know about the funding at the time of settlement. Either way it's a mess!
Moral of the story, grill your client about existing funding agreements like you would about prior and subsequent accidents. Who knows; you might learn of a bad deal, bring it to my attention and I can step in and refinance and consolidate the prior fundings.
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