A recent article in The New York Times highlights a growing problem — funding of litigation by investment companies that are not otherwise involved in, or parties to, the litigation.In its article, “How Profiteers Lure Women into Often-Unneeded Surgery,” authors Matthew Goldstein and Jessica Silver-Greenberg detail how in some cases, marketers have inserted themselves into the litigation process. Indeed, in some instances, the third-party litigation funder incited litigation where none would have …