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

An advisory body in New Zealand has provided updated guidance and recommendations for new legislation to regulate class actions and the litigation funding industry. The Law Commission, an independent Crown…

Tech goliaths Apple and Google are under the spotlight in Australia, as they face a twin class action suit alleging that they breached consumer law by using their dominant market…

Jason Levine (Investment Manager and Legal Counsel at Omni Bridgeway) has a new feature exploring all the ways claimants can consider defense-side legal investment.  Read More…

The UK litigation funding market has traditionally been very London-centric. However, a new funder aims to change this by providing services regionally targeted to the Midlands and the North. Thaxted…

The growth in third party litigation funding has seen the practice evolve in new markets from Europe to Asia. However, we have yet to experience its adoption in every major…

The number of class action suits filed in Europe reached new heights in 2021, ending the year with 110 separate claims. The UK was the leading country for class actions,…

CASL, the Australian-based litigation funder, has announced on the company’s LinkedIn profile that it has secured a $155MM AUD investment. Read More…

Interesting insights into the modernization of rules and processes regarding litigation and international arbitration treaties have been published by Litigation Capital Management (LCM). Themes suggested include the growing demand for…

Mass Tort News (MTN) has produced a new video feature profiling Dr. Maria-Vittoria Carminati (Business Development VP at LexShares) discussing her new book, “The Livable Law Method.” Dr. Carminati discusses…

According to Reuters, a group called the World Association Detectives is cultivating an elite group of hackers to aid in litigation case discovery. These hackers come from places such as…

It is being alleged that Corrugated Cardboard products have been organized under a “cartel structure” in Italy over a 13-year period. Two contract structures have been identified as being designed…

Christopher Bogart (CEO at Burford Capital) recently published an essay profiling the legal finance industry from a post-COVID mindset. Mr. Bogart says that many lessons were gleaned from the pandemic…

Conducted by over 200 researchers in more than 200 global jurisdictions, Chambers Research collates more than 6,000 tables that rank some of the world’s most important business enterprises.  Read More…

LegalPay is proud to announce the firm’s first successful exit. In less than nine months, LegalPay was able to achieve a 26% return for investors who funded a facility to…

The ECU Group Plc recently lost a claim against HSBC Bank, alleging that HSBC was culpable for front running and manipulation of international markets. In a decision that has implications…

Now more than ever, in-house legal and finance professionals can collaborate to build solid affirmative recovery teams. The notion of siloed teams is an obsolete economic framework when it comes…

The Australian office of Omni Bridgeway has organized funding vehicles for land owners impacted by WestConnex roadway construction in Sydney.  Read More…

Augusta Ventures has published new research into pitfalls associated with self funding cross border dispute resolution. Augusta suggests that international litigation should be supported by third party funding rather than…

An Australian Federal Court has ruled that litigation finance agreements do not fall under rules regulating managed investment schemes under the Corporations Act of 2001. Many litigation finance scholars are…

Actuarial Post reports that Insurance Europe has joined a group of associations lobbying European Union legislations to engage regulation to rein in unsavory third party litigation funding practices. According to…

Mark Wells has been named the Global Head of Portfolio Management at Omni Bridgeway. From Omni’s London Office, Mr. Wells will be tasked with expanding the firm’s capital management structures,…

The Global Legal Post reports that litigation financiers are experiencing increased cash flows with assets jumping more than 11% over the last year. With the jump in figures, Gary Barnett…

Patent and trademark litigation is forecast to increase as Europe’s Unified Patent Court (UPC) opens in Q4-22, or Q1-23. Aera-IP is a Nordic consultancy focused on serving clients with various…