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What Makes a Case Attractive to Litigation Funders?

Satirical news outlet The Onion made a rare foray into serious matters this month when its lawyers filed an amicus curiae brief in Novak v. City of Parma, which challenges the prosecution of an Ohio man over a parody Facebook page.
Among other highlights, the brief refers to the federal judiciary as "total Latin dorks" and claims that The Onion commands 4.3 trillion daily readers. Impressive.
With a relatively humble readership of 20,000, The Slip Opinion will leave parody to the humorists in this month's very genuine newsletter.
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