Program Details
2026-09-18 13:00:00
Over 1,000+ webinars
Course Overview
2026-09-18 13:00:00
2h CLE Credits
Intermediate
2
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ESTThis session examines recent state litigation funding disclosure statutes — including enactments in Georgia, Kansas, Indiana, Louisiana, Montana, and additional states — and provides practitioners with a practical framework for understanding how these new laws, as well as applicable laws and rules, affect discovery involving third-party litigation funding (TPLF) agreements. Whether engaged in affirmative or defensive litigation, this session will equip lawyers with a framework for understanding the role funders play, what disclosure obligations may apply in a given jurisdiction, and how courts evaluate funding in particular cases. By the end of this session, attendees will be able to assess whether a case may be fundable, evaluate applicable disclosure obligations across jurisdictions, and incorporate TPLF-related discovery considerations into litigation strategy.
Dorothy V. DiFioreStewart Ackerly 2:10 pm - 3:10 pm ESTThis session examines time-limited policy-limits demands from both sides of the coverage dispute — how plaintiff attorneys construct them as strategic bad-faith set-ups, what insurer response obligations now require under new statutory frameworks in California, Georgia, and Florida, and how bad-faith litigation unfolds when the insurer missteps. Attorneys will learn the mechanics of compliant and non-compliant demands, the safe-harbor procedures available to insurers, and the extracontractual exposure that follows a failed response. Attendees gain competency in identifying triggering conditions, structuring or challenging demand letters, and advising clients in the immediate aftermath of a policy-limits demand.
Dorothy V. DiFioreStewart AckerlyStewart Ackerly is a Director at Statera Capital, where he serves as Head of Originations and leads the firm’s business development, client engagement, and public policy initiatives. Based in Washington, D.C., he is responsible for bringing commercial litigation finance to new markets and expanding the universe of lawyers and clients that can use litigation finance to level the playing field and ensure access to justice. A former trial lawyer with experience in both the public and private sectors, he works closely with law firms, companies, and in-house legal departments on how litigation finance can de-risk the pursuit of meritorious disputes.
Dorothy V. DiFiore is a partner in the Tampa office of Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, P.A., with extensive experience in appellate work and legal research, representing clients in both litigation and appeals. Her practice focuses on insurance coverage and appeals for all personal and commercial lines, business and insurance defense litigation and appeals, PIP and fraud litigation and appeals, family law litigation and appeals, and appellate writs for adverse discovery and other interlocutory rulings. Throughout her more than 30 years of practice, she has represented a variety of corporate and institutional organizations as well as individual clients, and her defense experience is complemented by her contrasting experience representing injured persons in workers’ compensation claims and all types of personal injury litigation.
Stewart Ackerly is a Director at Statera Capital, where he serves as Head of Originations and leads the firm’s business development, client engagement, and public policy initiatives. Based in Washington, D.C., he is responsible for bringing commercial litigation finance to new markets and expanding the universe of lawyers and clients that can use litigation finance to level the playing field and ensure access to justice. A former trial lawyer with experience in both the public and private sectors, he works closely with law firms, companies, and in-house legal departments on how litigation finance can de-risk the pursuit of meritorious disputes.
Dorothy V. DiFiore is a partner in the Tampa office of Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, P.A., with extensive experience in appellate work and legal research, representing clients in both litigation and appeals. Her practice focuses on insurance coverage and appeals for all personal and commercial lines, business and insurance defense litigation and appeals, PIP and fraud litigation and appeals, family law litigation and appeals, and appellate writs for adverse discovery and other interlocutory rulings. Throughout her more than 30 years of practice, she has represented a variety of corporate and institutional organizations as well as individual clients, and her defense experience is complemented by her contrasting experience representing injured persons in workers’ compensation claims and all types of personal injury litigation.
Requirements
The Alabama State Bar MCLE Commission requires attorneys to complete 12 credits, including 1 ethics, by December 31 of each year. All credits must be reported by February 15 of the following year. A maximum of 12 credits, including 1 ethics credit, may be carried over for 1 year only.
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