News and analysis dedicated to the commercial litigation funding sector including regulatory issues, case developments, funding activities, and more.

Critics of the litigation finance industry in the US have often focused on the lack of transparency around the origins of this funding, specifically questioning whether foreign actors could use…

Much of the information about litigation funders’ business models is cloaked in confidentiality, making it difficult to assess how the rest of the market values those funders who are publicly…

There are few cases that epitomize the idea of litigation funding providing ‘access to justice’ than those lawsuits which represent indigenous communities who have suffered harm at the hands of…

Legalese has released the latest edition of The Legal 500 Litigation Funding – The UK and US Rankings for 2024, highlighting its top ten funders in the UK and top…

In a post on LinkedIn, The Association of Litigation Funders of Australia (ALFA) announced that it has launched its own Legal Finance Insights podcast, with two episodes already live and…

In the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s PACCAR ruling on litigation funding agreements (LFAs), industry observers have been keen to see how lawsuits with pending applications before the Competition Appeal…

In a post on LinkedIn, Ben Herbert announced that he would be departing Law Finance Group (LFG) to take up a new role as partner and co-lead of the IP…

Debates over the role of third-party litigation funding have grown increasingly contentious over recent years, with interest groups and policymakers wading into the discussion with assertions that funders operate in…

As LFJ reported in July 2023, the interest in litigation stemming from the Camp Lejeune toxic water scandal has been consistently on the rise, as a combination of legal advertising…

Much of the commentary on the Supreme Court’s ruling in PACCAR regarding litigation funding agreements (LFAs), has focused on the impact on litigation funders and law firms. However, it is…

Whilst developments in class actions and commercial litigation have dominated the headlines over the last month, the work of litigation funders involved in international arbitration proceedings continues to demonstrate the…

As many litigation finance leaders emphasised at last week’s IMN conference, one of the priorities for the industry is to continue efforts to raise greater awareness and educate a wider…

This past month has seen a high frequency of developments in Australian class actions, with judgements being handed down from the Federal Court, and new lawsuits being announced with the…

Class actions often represent the best avenue for consumers looking to seek justice and some form of compensation from large companies who have harmed them. However, these claims are most…

As we steadily approach the four-year mark since the COVID-19 outbreak began, it is clear that we have not yet seen all the long-term consequences of the pandemic play out….

The growth in trading platforms that cater to retail investors over recent years has significantly widened the market of individuals looking to trade investment products. However, the conduct of these…

One of the key issues that commentators raised in the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s PACCAR ruling, was whether the judgement would lead to a series of disputes between funders…

Although 2023 has been a turbulent year for litigation finance, with disappointing court rulings and an increase in calls for further regulation of the industry, it is clear that there…

Whilst much of the discussion at today’s IMN Forum has been focused on the current state of the litigation finance market, there was equal interest in the future of the…

As expected, the thriving class action landscape has been a prominent topic at IMN’s International Litigation Finance Forum, with the final panel of the morning focusing on developments in class…

IMN’s agenda continued with a panel focused on the role of litigation insurance in the funding market, with the panelists attempting to answer the question: ‘how can litigants and funders…