Siltstone Capital has released the full programme for the first European edition of LITFINCON, which opens in Amsterdam on 7 October with eleven panels and a speaker roster drawn from…...

The head of personal lines at Ignite Specialty Risk has argued that standard after-the-event indemnity limits are being outgrown by higher-value claims and group actions, and that insurers need to…...

Ignite Specialty Risk, the London-headquartered litigation insurance specialist, has entered the Australian market, opening Sydney-based operations to address a gap in local litigation-insurance capacity long dominated by a single provider.…...

A new legislative push to increase transparency in third-party litigation funding (TPLF) has ignited concern over the potential erosion of individual privacy rights, especially for plaintiffs involved in sensitive litigation.…...

A recent episode of the Legal Funding Journal podcast was quoted in a Bloomberg Law article on funder control of cases. In the episode, Stuart Hills and Guy Nielson, Co-Founders…...

Litigation finance has become an increasingly utilized tool to support valuable claims in financially distressed bankruptcies. However, a recent decision from the Northern District of Texas—voiding a $2.3 million litigation funding…...

As Southern California tallies the ruinous cost of this year’s Eaton and Palisades fires, Wall Street’s appetite for mass-tort risk is blazing. Bloomberg reporters tell Carrier Management that investment bank…...

A pivotal UK court case could reshape the future of litigation finance agreements, as Sony and Apple reignite legal challenges to widely used third-party funding models in large-scale commercial disputes.…...

As industry observers examine which jurisdictions are ripe for growth in terms of the adoption of litigation funding, there is just as much interest in markets with growing demand for…...

The involvement of litigation funders in intellectual property and patent disputes has never been without controversy, with the President’s choice of nominee to lead the country’s patent office only serving…...

Although the funded cases that tend to attract the most attention are those that are valued in the tens or hundreds of millions of pounds, there is clearly still an…...

In an announcement from the Civil Justice Council (CJC), the Litigation Funding Working Group has published the Interim Report and Consultation for its review of litigation funding. As laid out…...

As LFJ recently covered, the world of patent litigation funding has yet again ignited a high-profile rift between a global corporation and a litigation funder, with Apple looking to compel…...

As LFJ covered earlier this week, a recent hearing in the US House Judiciary Committee reignited arguments around the appropriate level of disclosure required when third-party funders are involved in…...

As we head into the final days of 2023, industry leaders and analysts continue to offer their takeaways from the previous year, putting the spotlight on the most important cases,…...

As LFJ reported last month, the news that a Chinese company was funding multiple intellectual property lawsuits has reignited debates around expanding regulations of litigation finance. However, representatives for the…...

China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is arguably the largest infrastructure project ever. Consequently, there have already been and will continue to be a myriad of disputes that arise. These…...