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IMF Bentham stands behind claimants in A$75 million court action against AET (a subsidiary of IOOF)

By John Freund |

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: 11 MARCH 2019:  Backed by Australia’s leading litigation funder, IMF Bentham Limited (ASX:IMF), thousands of Australian retirees, who lost everything after investing in a forestry scheme in the 1980s, will finally get their day in court against IOOF. The Supreme Court of NSW has scheduled the hearing over eight days from 1 July.

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Financial Poise™ Announces “Commercial Litigation Funding,” a New Webinar Series Premiering March 13th at 3:00 PM CST through West LegalEdcenter™

By John Freund |

The first episode in this series is titled “An Introduction to a New Yet Old Funding Alternative ” and is co-produced by West LegalEdCenter™. It will feature Jeremy Waitzman (Sugar Felsenthal Grais & Helsinger LLP); David Spiegel (GLS Capital, LLC); Ken Epstein (Bentham IMF); and Evan Fried (Greybridge Capital LLC).

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Litigation Support Leaders LexShares and GLG Law to Partner, Will Cross-Promote Services to Clients

By John Freund |

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–LexShares, a leader in commercial litigation finance, and GLG Law, a leader in expert witness services, today announced an exclusive new partnership under which they will offer their litigation support products to one another’s clients. Together, LexShares and GLG Law have worked with more than three quarters of the AmLaw 100 and are trusted partners of hundreds of law firms globally.

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Canadian innovator JL Energy Transportation Inc. obtains funding from leading litigation funder Bentham IMF Capital Limited for infringement action against major Canada/US pipeline and gas processing companies

By John Freund |
CALGARYMarch 6, 2019 /CNW/ – JL Energy Transportation Inc. (“JETI”, more: www.jlenergy.com) announces that it has obtained third-party funding from Bentham IMF Capital Limited (“Bentham”), the Canadian arm of leading global litigation funder IMF Bentham (ASX:IMF), for license and patent infringement claims against an alliance of major Canadian and US pipeline and gas processing companies.
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Episode 28 — David Kerstein; Chief Risk Officer, Validity Finance

Hosted By David Kerstein |

In this episode, we sit down with David Kerstein of Validity Finance to discuss his transition from industry stalwart IMF Bentham to relative upstart Validity. We also discussed the role of Chief Risk Officer, the use of AI and Big Data to mitigate risk, and whether the issue of mandatory disclosure poses a risk to the industry at large.