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An update to a story LitigationFinanceJournal.com recently reported on: The case in the United Kingdom involving Cadney and their former client Peak Hotels & Resorts Limited has a new decision…

The nature of litigation calls for achieving marginal gains in the courtroom that add up to victory. So, when Google and Apple both lost individual judgements for ‘unfair tactical advantages’…

This week in the United Kingdom, a case is being heard involving the ligation powerhouse Cadney, regarding their former client Peak Hotels & Resorts Limited. The case involves Peak’s insolvency…

Steinhoff International Holdings NV recently settled the European Union’s second largest securities fraud claim, finalizing three years of complex contentious negotiations. Steinhoff, a Dutch firm with headquarters in South Africa,…

After three years of diligent negotiations, a GBP 1.4 billion settlement went into effect against Steinhoff International Holdings NV. This represents the second-largest settlement against a European company in a…

Levitt Robinson, class action lawyers leading the cases against Priceline and Hog’s Breath, estimate that it will take over $8 million to continue the Priceline case. The case is now…

Augusta Ventures is funding a lead poisoning class action that may include more than 100,000 Zambians. London human rights attorneys at Leigh Day have collaborated with South African Mbuyisa Molee…

After a seven year investigation, the European General Court upheld a $2.7B fine for Google’s breach of antitrust laws, for providing Google Shopping preference over competitors. Now the Swedish price…

Guo Wengui, a notable Chinese billionaire with close connections to Republican advisor Steve Bannon, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protections. Recently, a court ordered Wengui to pay $134M in…

The Competition Appeals Tribunal recently ruled that requiring disclosure of after-the-event insurance premiums would amount to an unfair advantage. In this case, tech giant Google sought disclosure in the name…

In a completely unsurprising turn of events, financial supporters of Kyle Rittenhouse have been bickering over who gets the nearly $2 million raised for the shooter’s bail. These include corporate…

A former model sued Leon Black, the founder of Apollo Global Management, alleging sexual assault. According to a brief filed last Monday, Wigdor, the firm that represents ex-model Guzel Ganieva,…

Is Josh Harris, co-founder of Apollo Global Management, engaged in a plot to take down his former partner? Leon Black thinks so. He’s currently fighting a civil claim from his…

A London High Court recently ruled that a litigation funder had no material evidence to achieve a successful claim. Henceforth, the Court reduced a £3M+ litigation finance claim down to…

Nearly two years after 176 people died when Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 was shot down, families of six victims have received a $107 million award in civil court. The…

Cupertino, California based Apple Inc. is facing a $2.3B litigation battle in the United Kingdom, as nearly 20 million iPhone and iPad users claim Apple abused application payment ethics rules….

The U.S. Attorney’s Office in New York’s Eastern District is set to review potential conflicts of interests in an advance fee agreement related to alleged agents of a foreign government. …

It appears that Facebook will not receive discovery information from an AI startup after all. In the case of Neural Magic Inc vs Facebook Inc, US Magistrate Judge Marianne Bowler…

Litigation finance is a tool for justice, even in divorce. But, when a divorcee bypasses the funder, justice will follow the failed nuptials all the way to the bank.  Read…

International arbitration cases are utilizing third-party litigation funding at increasing rates. As this industry grows, thorny legal issues often arise. One such decision in Tenke Fungurume Mining v Katanga Contracting…

Shine Lawyers, with backing from Court House Capital, has filed a class action in Federal Court alleging that McDonald’s failed to provide employees with 10-minute breaks. These are required during…

A legal claim that could be worth as much as GBP 100 million has Govia Thameslink Railway concerned. It alleges that one of the most active commuter railways in Britain…

What happens when two women using similar names both want to sell branded clothing lines in the same country? When that name is Katy or Katie Perry, the result is a trademark infringement suit.

This week, a hearing was held to determine whether a collective action against five car carriers based in Japan, Sweden, and Chile. The action will allege that more than 17 million cars were impacted by a price-fixing scheme run by the five firms that ship internationally. The case is being funded by Woodsford Litigation Funding.

As difficult as it might be to imagine someone being misled by a Tinder communique, Sean Rad, a co-founder of the app, alleges that’s exactly what happened. Last week, Rad testified that Match Group (which also owns Hinge, OKCupid, and PlentyOfFish) undervalued Tinder by billions.

A Supreme Court decision was handed down in the Lloyd v Google appeal. And Google has a lot to be celebrating. In short, the question at hand was whether damages could be sought in a collective action over “loss of control over data,” without specifically listing the monetary or punitive damages of each individual claimant. Requiring individual loss statements from every claimant in a case impacting millions seems untenable. What happened here?

This week, the Supreme Court blocked a data protection claim against tech giant Google—saying that the case was doomed to failure. The court unanimously affirmed the appeal from Google.