In this week’s episode, we sat down with Charles Agee of Westfleet Advisors. Westfleet just released their inaugural Litigation Finance Buyer’s Guide, the most comprehensive study of the U.S. commercial litigation finance industry. Charles discusses the study’s methodology, the controversial findings that there is deployment pressure on funders and that only 30% of funder commitments are allocated to the AmLaw 200, and what the benefits are of a study such as this one for the industry as a whole.

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The range of risks facing company executives or directors and officers (D&Os) – as well as resulting insurance claims scenarios – has increased significantly in recent years. With corporate management under the spotlight like never before, a new report by insurer Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) highlights five mega trends that will have significant risk implications for senior management in 2020 and beyond. The report, “Directors And Officers Insurance Insights 2020”, also examines some of the factors which are driving recent changes in the D&O insurance market after a period of sustained large loss activity.

Last week, we reported on the contentious back-and-forth between litigation funders LPF Group and IMF Bentham. LPF accused IMF of muddying the waters with a potential shareholder action against failed insurer CBL, whom LPF is already bankrolling an action against. Now, IMF Bentham has formally stepped into the fray, after law firm Glaister Ennor filed a shareholder action which the Aussie-based funder is backing on a no-win, no-fee basis.

On this episode, we speak with Laina Miller Hammond of Validity Finance. Laina recently conducted research into the gender pay gap that exists for lawyers. She discusses its root causes, how female lawyers can maneuver within the current system to achieve greater pay equity, and how litigation finance can be leveraged to achieve that very goal.