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

The battle between disclosure and confidentiality in patent infringement litigation rumbles on, as courts across the US are now seeing frequent requests for mandated disclosure of third-party funding details, spurred…

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 litigation funders continue to grow in a challenging economic environment, the importance of leadership and strategic vision for these businesses has never been more apparent. With the first half…

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 member states across the European Union each begin to implement their own legislation governing class actions under the Representative Actions Directive, speculation is increasingly focused on the impact these…

Litigation finance is no longer the niche and narrowly understood practice of previous decades, having become a common feature across consumer and commercial litigation. However, that does not mean that…

Few areas of litigation funding are projected to grow as steadily as environmental and climate litigation, with landmark high-value settlements in the last few years demonstrating the scale of opportunities…

The beginning of 2023 saw much speculation that litigation funding was about to enter the next phase of impressive growth, fueled by a rise in litigation that often accompanies an…

As LFJ reported last month, the Italian litigation funding market experienced an exciting new development, as a startup Italian funder announced a partnership with a local association to provide funding…

Private equity firm TowerBrook Capital was Validity Finance’s primary investor in the firm’s 2018 launch. However, TowerBrook has announced that it will cease to continue funding Validity due to a…

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…

Whilst it is routinely stated that litigation funding is on the rise both in adoption and volume of activity around the world, there are still numerous jurisdictions where it has…

Patent infringement lawsuits have become some of the most sought-after targets for litigation funders, despite the increasing pressure from courts in the US to increase disclosure around the involvement of…

As litigation funding continues to expand into newer markets, a key issue that funders will be keeping an eye on is the creation of precedents from court judgements and rulings…

The expansion of litigation funding around the globe and the concurrent increase in the number of funders has meant that there are now more options than ever for litigants or…

The global growth of litigation funding has funders, law firms and other interested parties all looking to see where the next major market could be for the widespread adoption of…

Despite the looming spectre of potential regulation affecting the litigation funding industry in Europe, it seems that third-party funding is continuing to grow in activity across a wide variety of…

The relationships between law firms and funders are key to the success of the litigation finance industry, whether around the funding of individual cases or wider-ranging partnerships. Last month saw…

The push for increased regulation of litigation financing across several US states has been gaining momentum this year, with new bills announced, and in some states like Montana, those bills…