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

A new entrant has joined the litigation finance conference circuit. The inaugural Chicago Litigation Finance Summit convened at the Museum of Contemporary Art in early May, organized by Charles Zuo,…

In a striking outcome for funded collective actions, the UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal has signed off on the discontinuation of a £480 million claim against Qualcomm that delivers no compensation…

As private equity firms extend their reach into the legal industry, a new commentary argues that the tax code has failed to keep pace with how litigation funders actually earn…

The credibility of the UK’s opt-out collective action regime increasingly depends on a stubborn problem: persuading class members to actually claim the damages won on their behalf. As reported by…

The High Court has rejected litigation funder Innsworth’s judicial review challenge to the Competition Appeal Tribunal’s distribution of the £200M Merricks v Mastercard settlement, ending the first substantive test of…

While most state legislatures have pursued disclosure and registration regimes for litigation finance, North Carolina is advancing something far more drastic: an outright ban. As reported by Bloomberg Law, North…

A proposed UK collective action against major musical instrument manufacturers is collapsing for want of litigation funding — a concrete illustration of the financing squeeze facing claims in the Competition…

More than £3.7M left unclaimed from a funded rail passenger class action is being redeployed to support free legal advice services across the UK, offering a window into what happens…

A new entrant has arrived in the European litigation funding market, with Felix von Zwehl announcing that MOMENTUM Legal Finance, a German funder he has spent recent months building, is…

Burford Capital intends to expand its minority equity investments in elite law firms across the United Kingdom and United States, betting that growing appetite for law-firm ownership will open a…

Uber has asked a London court to order law firm Mishcon de Reya to hand over its communications with a former litigation funder, arguing the documents are not privileged and…

CAC, the contingent-risk insurance arm of The Baldwin Group, has opened a London office to push into the UK and European market for litigation and contingent-risk insurance, products that increasingly…

UK national law firm Irwin Mitchell is considering external private equity investment to repurchase shares held by former partners, a step that would mark another instance of outside capital flowing…

For litigants taking on sovereign states, third-party funding is often the only thing that makes a claim possible. That is the message from Tim Foden, co-head of international arbitration at…

Frustration is mounting over the UK government’s failure to act on reversing the Supreme Court’s 2023 PACCAR decision, with former members of the body that reviewed litigation funding warning that…

Booking.com is facing a planned £2 billion collective action in the UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal over the pricing provisions in its contracts with hotels, in a claim financed by litigation…

As India weighs how to modernize the financing of disputes, senior advocate Mahesh Agarwal has staked out a clear position: third-party litigation funding should be formally recognized, but lawyers should…

Days after Rocade Capital announced its acquisition of fellow funder Law Finance Group, chief executive Brian Roth is framing the deal as a marker of a maturing asset class, one…

New Jersey has joined the growing list of states moving to regulate third-party litigation funding, with an Assembly bill advancing that would require disclosure of funding agreements and impose substantive…

A Western Australian court has found the litigation funders who backed Julian Wright’s failed fraud claim against his billionaire sister, Angela Bennett, liable for her legal costs, leaving the financial…

The dispute between Nkosana Kenneth Makate, the inventor of Vodacom’s “Please Call Me” service, and his former litigation funders has escalated sharply, with Makate now seeking to bring criminal charges…

Mounting delays across the UK’s civil courts and employment tribunals are forcing a rethink in the legal expenses insurance sector, according to a new report that warns extended claim lifecycles…

A coalition of more than 20 European news publishers is pursuing Google for roughly €640 million (£552 million) in damages over alleged abuses in its advertising technology business, in a…

A Singapore court has affirmed an arbitral award denying a successful litigant’s attempt to recover more than $14 million in third-party funding costs, reinforcing the principle that funding expenses are…

A new opinion piece is pressing New York lawmakers to close what the author calls a “champerty loophole,” arguing that gaps in the state’s centuries-old prohibition on financing others’ lawsuits…

Rocade Capital has acquired litigation funder Law Finance Group LLC, the company announced Wednesday, combining the two firms into a platform with more than $2.3 billion in deployed capital. The…

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has declined to reconsider its ruling in favor of Argentina in the long-running YPF expropriation dispute, dealing another blow to Burford…

The administrator of UK litigation funder Fenchurch Legal is investigating a series of transfers that moved a large portion of the company’s loan book and subsidiary shares in the days…

As third-party litigation funding becomes a routine feature of complex commercial disputes, courts and litigants are increasingly grappling with a threshold question: when, if ever, must funding agreements be disclosed…

The long-running dispute between Nkosana Kenneth Makate, the inventor of Vodacom’s “Please Call Me” service, and his former litigation funders has taken a fresh turn, with the funders asserting an…