Stay on top of updates and developments around key cases across various global jurisdictions.

The combination of class actions and litigation funding has proven to be an incredibly powerful tool in holding large corporations to account, providing the needed capital to balance the scales…

Large scale class action claims remain a top priority for many leading funders, providing an opportunity to give significant volumes of consumers access to justice and seek compensation from large…

Litigation funding is useful for both claimants and law firms who wish to offset the financial cost and associated risks of pursuing meritorious lawsuits. However, it can also provide added…

Although last week seemed to put the dispute between Burford Capital and Sysco Corp to bed, with both firms agreeing to drop all claims, it seems there may yet be…

Whilst funders and claimants almost always have a harmonious and mutually beneficial relationship, there are rare occasions where that partnership breaks down and contentious disputes emerge during the course of…

Litigation Finance Journal recently reported that Coinbase became the first US-based cryptocurrency company to argue a case in front of the Supreme Court. The June decision has been announced, and…

The ongoing saga of the Sulu heirs arbitration case against the Malaysian government, which stands out as one of the high-profile cases of litigation funding in an international dispute, continues…

Consumers who have been the victim of corporate negligence or fraudulent practices by large multinationals have always been at a disadvantage when it comes to seeking justice, overwhelmed by the…

Litigation funding has regularly been put forward as a powerful tool in the area of insolvency by providing the necessary capital to pursue litigation. However, a recent ruling from a…

On June 5, 2023, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sued the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, for allegedly misleading investors and regulators while operating an unregistered exchange….

Discussions around disclosure of litigation finance are now becoming a weekly occurrence, spurred on by developments in cases and rulings from courts across the US. However, whilst most of these…

As LFJ reported recently, one of the unique and high-profile cases of litigation funding being used in a case against a national government has taken another turn, as a Paris…

The UK’s collective actions regime under the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) has been cited as a positive catalyst for litigation funders in the UK, bringing new opportunities to fund consumer-led…

For the last year, the conversation around patent litigation funding has been dominated by disputes over disclosure requirements, driven by the efforts by Delaware district judge Colm Connolly to increase…

As LFJ has previously reported, the case brought against the Malaysian government by Filipino heirs of the Sulu sultanate has attracted much attention, having been cited as an example of…

As LFJ reported in February of this year, the gold exploration and development company, Panthera Resources, entered into an arbitration funding agreement (AFA) with Litigation Capital Management’s subsidiary, LCM Funding…

Whilst state legislatures across the US continue to debate and advance legislation to mandate the disclosure of litigation funding in civil cases, in most jurisdictions the power to order disclosure…

For litigation funders, it is imperative that any legal action they choose to finance not only has a strong theory of the case to win, but also is paired with…

Representative actions in the UK have often been viewed as strong vehicles for litigation funders to pursue their dual objectives of widening access to justice and delivering significant financial returns…

There may be no area of litigation funding that has attracted more headlines and controversy than the area of intellectual property and patent litigation, particularly in regard to court orders…

The harmonious relationship between a funder, a law firm and the claimant is at the center of the ongoing success of the litigation finance industry. However, as a recent judgement…

Litigation Capital Management Limited (AIM:LIT), a leading international alternative asset manager of disputes financing solutions, announces that a settlement (subject to court approval) has been reached in an Australian class…

Recent decades have seen an increase in the scope of retail investing, with advances in technology allowing individuals to trade increasingly complex investment products. However, failures by financial services firms…

When litigation funding is involved in patent or trademark litigation, we most commonly see it associated with cases in the technology sector and in disputes between startup companies and established…

Coinbase’s business has been seminal to the legacy of cryptocurrency innovation. As the global digital asset marketplace continues to mature, Coinbase is tiptoeing between a group of class action lawsuits….

As LFJ recently covered, there is growing enthusiasm among litigation funders to invest capital in portfolio and law firm financing, in addition to the single case funding that is a…

Whilst public conflicts between funders and clients are a rare sight, when a major dispute erupts between the two parties it is sure to be a drawn-out affair. The dispute…