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How Qian Julie Wang’s Upbringing as an Undocumented Immigrant Informed Her Legal Career

By John Freund |

For the keynote address of the LF Dealmakers conference, Validity Finance Founder and CEO Ralph Sutton, introduced NY Times Best-Selling Author and Civil Rights Litigator, Qian Julie Wang. Her memoir, Beautiful Country, was ranked a best book of 2021 by the New York Times, and has been well-reviewed by many distinguished outlets.

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CIO Roundtable: Art of the Deal from Terms to Returns

By John Freund |

A panel consisting of Sarah Johnson, Senior VP and Co-Head of Litigation Finance at D.E. Shaw, Aaron Katz, Co-Founder and CIO of Parabellum Capital, David Kerstein, Managing Director and Senior Investment Officer at Validity Finance, and Joe Siprut, CEO and CIO of Kerberos Capital Management, discussed the various investment aspects of litigation funding as an asset class. The panel was moderated by Steven Molo, Founding Partner of MoloLamken.

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A Recap of the Opening Panel at LF Dealmakers

By John Freund |

Day 1 of the LF Dealmakers conference has begun. The opening panel saw Ted Farrell, founder of Litigation Funding Advisors, moderate a wide-ranging discussion on the state of legal finance. Panelists included James Bedell, Associate Director of Legal Finance at Yieldstreet, Cindy Chen Delano, Partner at Invictus Global Management, Stephen Kyriacou, Managing Director of Aon, and Michael Nicolas, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Longford Capital.

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Less Than 12% of Federal and State Case Filings Present Strong Opportunities for Litigation Funding, According to First-of-Its-Kind Market Intelligence Study

By John Freund |

Though the U.S. litigation finance market continues to expand, less than 12% of federal and state cases filed in 2021 met the minimum threshold to be considered for investment, according to a new report issued today by tech-enabled litigation funder LexShares. This finding, detailed in the inaugural edition of LexShares’ special report, “The Litigation Funding Barometer: A Data-Driven Analysis of What Litigation Funders Want,” illustrates the high bar that law firms and plaintiffs must reach to attract valuable funding dollars for their cases. 

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Litigation Finance – Lessons Learned from Manager Under-Performance (part 2 of 2)

By John Freund |

The following article is part of an ongoing column titled ‘Investor Insights.’ 

Brought to you by Ed Truant, founder and content manager of Slingshot Capital, ‘Investor Insights’ will provide thoughtful and engaging perspectives on all aspects of investing in litigation finance. 

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Diversifying Capital Pools 

By John Freund |

As funders look to embrace best practices in risk mitigation strategies, diversification of capital pools is a critical component for litigation finance portfolio building. According to new research, structured dispute…

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New research shows companies with large claims recover more and preserve budgets by using legal finance as part of their class action opt out strategies

By John Freund |

Burford Capital, the leading global finance and asset management firm focused on law, today releases new independent research demonstrating the value of legal finance for companies with valuable commercial class action claims. In recent years, Burford has seen an increasing number of major corporations choosing to opt out of class action lawsuits to pursue high value claims individually and has commissioned independent research to examine the trend in greater depth.

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