LUXEMBOURG and SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 10, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Sisvel International S.A. (“Sisvel”) and RPX Corporation (“RPX”) today announced that they have entered into a multi-faceted agreement that provides a license to a subset of RPX clients covering more than 500 patents that make up the Sisvel Wi-Fi Joint Licensing Program. The Sisvel Wi-Fi Joint Licensing program is a solution designed to license standard essential patents (SEPs) for Wi-Fi enabled devices under fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory terms and conditions (FRAND). In addition to the assets in the Sisvel Wi-Fi Licensing Program, Sisvel has also licensed the subset of RPX members to approximately 200 non-essential Wi-Fi assets, owned by Sisvel’s subsidiary, Hera Wireless S.A.

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jan 9, 2019–YieldStreet, a digital wealth management platform that is working to change the way that wealth is created, has become the first multi-asset platform to cross over $560MM invested since inception.

SYDNEY, 9^th January 2019: Litigation Capital Management (“LCM”), a leading international provider of litigation financing solutions, today announces the appointment of Philip Lomax as an Investment Manager in the company’s Sydney office. This continues LCM’s recent expansion following the launch of offices in London and Singapore in November 2018.

NEW YORK, Jan. 2, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Cadence, the leading investment platform for digital debt securities, has successfully funded and issued the first-ever tokenized fixed income product. This inaugural issuance is in partnership with a marketplace lender extending working capital to e-commerce merchants.

The following post was written by Eric Schuller, President of the Alliance for Responsible Consumer Legal Funding (ARC).

As the 2019 Legislative Session begins, we want to take a look at what is the best way to regulate Consumer Legal Funding. Over the past few years, the states have introduced several pieces of legislation with the aim of regulating Consumer Legal Funding. Rather than simply introduce capricious regulations, legislators should familiarize themselves both with the product, and the consumers who need it, before making rash decisions that will impact their constituents for life.