Litigation funders and class action practitioners may seek common fund orders at an early stage of representative proceedings, requiring all group members to contribute to funding costs from any recovery, with the funding commission rate subject to later judicial approval, thereby reducing the need for closed class proceedings and altering the economics of litigation funding in class actions.
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