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Episode 36 — Ed Truant & Charles Agee; Call for Funders to Associate

Hosted By Ed & Charles Truant & Agee |

In this episode, we speak with litigation finance investor Ed Truant, and Westfleet Advisors managing partner Charles Agee about their call for the commercial litigation finance industry to associate. We discuss the benefits of an association, how they plan to deal with issues like mandatory disclosure and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and how similar associations in the UK, Australia, and on the consumer side in the U.S. can serve as examples of how to proceed.

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Leading Dispute Financiers IMF Bentham and Omni Bridgeway Announce Plans to Merge

By John Freund |

SYDNEY (October 15 2019)  Leading litigation and disputes funder IMF Bentham Limited (IMF Bentham) (ASX:IMF) announces that it is acquiring Omni Bridgeway Holdings BV (Omni Bridgeway) to create a truly global diversified funder with over A$2.2 billion in capital to fund disputes and enforcement proceedings of significant size and complexity throughout the world.

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IMF Bentham Funding Class Action Against CBL

By John Freund |

IMF Bentham is funding a shareholder class action against New Zealand-based CBL Corp., claiming the company failed to disclose that the Reserve Bank of New Zealand had been investigating its solvency for several years. CBL has since entered liquidation, leaving many shareholders out in the cold.

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Woodsford Litigation Funding continues its significant expansion with three key London hires and continued international recruitment drive

By John Freund |

LONDON 14 October 2019, Woodsford Litigation Funding, the global provider of litigation financing solutions for businesses, individuals and law firms, has announced further expansion of its international executive team with the appointment of Adam Erusalimsky to the position of Senior Investment Officer, Alex Hickson as Investment Officer and Daniel Littman as Commercial Manager. All three will be based at Woodsford’s London HQ.

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Baker Street Funding Secures $30 Million for New Attorney Focused Fund

By John Freund |

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESSWIRE / September 23, 2019 / A leading pre-settlement funding provider, Baker Street Funding LLC, announced today the closing of a series A round of investment into their Attorney Funding Division. Founded in 2018, Baker Street Funding has quickly become a rising star in the legal funding space and their core business model is to provide plaintiffs with much needed liquidity while their case is awaiting settlement. The newly named Attorney Funding Division will provide Attorney Funding to law practitioners across the country.

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Prominent GCs Want FRCP Oversight of Litigation Funding

By John Freund |

45 general counsel and chief legal officers have signed a letter which requests that the Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure amend the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure as pertains to three specific areas of MDL litigation: census of claims, interlocutory appellate review, and litigation funding. 

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