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Spain
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Law and Practice Contributed by: Alfonso López-Ibor, Pablo Henriquez de Luna, Virginia Jover and Pedro Echeguren Lopez-Ibor DPM Contents 1. General p.1299 1.1 General Characteristics of the Legal System p.1299 1.2 Court System p.1299 2.1 Third-Party Litigation Funding p.1300 2.2 Third-Party Funding: Lawsuits p.1300 2.3 Third-Party Funding for Plaintiff and Defendant p.1301 2.4 Minimum and Maximum Amounts of Third-Party Funding p.1301 2.5 Types of Costs Considered Under Third-Party Funding p.1301 2.6 Contingency Fees p.1301 2.7 Time Limit for Obtaining Third-Party Funding p.1301 3. Initiating a Lawsuit p.1301 3.1 Rules on Pre-action Conduct p.1301 3.2 Statutes of Limitations p.1301 3.3 Jurisdictional Requirements for a Defendant p.1302 1.3 Court Filings and Proceedings p.1300 1.4 Legal Representation in Court p.1300 2. Litigation Funding p.1300
3.4 Initial Complaint p.1302 3.5 Rules of Service p.1302 3.6 Failure to Respond p.1303
3.7 Representative or Collective Actions p.1303 3.8 Requirements for Cost Estimate p.1303 4. Pre-trial Proceedings p.1304 4.1 Interim Applications/Motions p.1304 4.2 Early Judgment Applications p.1304 4.3 Dispositive Motions p.1304
4.4 Requirements for Interested Parties to Join a Lawsuit p.1304 4.5 Applications for Security for Defendant’s Costs p.1305 4.6 Costs of Interim Applications/Motions p.1305 4.7 Application/Motion Timeframe p.1305
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