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

LB Capital, a specialty finance company providing pre-settlement litigation funding nationwide, has announced a planned $30 million institutional capital raise to support the expansion of its litigation finance platform. As…

Newly filed accounts for Barings Limited, the north-west England claims firm known as Barings Law, show a business carrying substantial litigation funding debt at high interest rates and now seeking…

The Financial Conduct Authority has issued a consumer warning on high-risk mini-bonds and loan notes sold by unregulated firms, pointing directly to the collapse of a litigation funder as an…

A new investigation has reconstructed how Woodville Consultants, the Welsh litigation funder that collapsed into administration in July 2026, raised in excess of £300m from individual investors to bankroll law…

The law firm at the centre of the largest group claim in English legal history is being sued by one of its own funders, in a dispute that turns on…

A new academic study of more than 74,000 US jury verdicts and settlements has found that civil liability costs are rising faster than general inflation — and that the effect…

Two months after North Carolina became the first US state to ban commercial litigation funding outright, the nationwide wave of copycat prohibitions that some predicted has not arrived, according to…

A former Republican member of Congress is calling on the White House to use existing Treasury authority to force third-party litigation funders to identify who is behind the money they…

The directors of collapsed UK car-finance claims funder Woodville were soliciting fresh investor money through a newly incorporated vehicle less than a month before the business entered administration, according to…

An investigation into the funding dispute behind South Africa’s long-running “Please Call Me” litigation has detailed a series of adverse findings against the insolvency practitioner who has controlled one of…

Consumer legal funding company Legal-Bay has reported that Pfizer Inc. and plaintiffs’ leadership have entered into a settlement program intended to resolve a substantial share of the federal lawsuits alleging…

Frankfurt-listed jewelry retailer elumeo SE has disclosed that its wholly owned subsidiary Juwelo Deutschland GmbH has entered into an agreement with a litigation funder and filed a damages claim against…

A claims-acquisition firm has sued an electric vehicle charging company in Texas federal court over a warrant it purchased out of a Chapter 7 estate, seeking specific performance or damages…

The Supreme Court of Western Australia has dismissed a A$7 million unfair preference claim brought by LCM Recoveries against the Commissioner of Taxation, finding that the company behind the claim…

The think tank Civitas has published a report on the UK class action and third-party litigation funding market that calls for funders to trace their ultimate capital ownership to named…

The Alliance for Responsible Consumer Legal Funding has pointed to Kansas as a template for legislators who want to close off foreign involvement in litigation finance without curtailing consumer advances,…

Manolete Partners, which describes itself as the UK’s leading insolvency claims financing company, has announced the completion of a large case that produced a £3.425 million settlement payment, received in…

India’s Ministry of Corporate Affairs has told a parliamentary standing committee that it will examine third-party litigation funding as a means of pursuing avoidance transactions under the country’s insolvency regime,…

A bicameral bill introduced in Congress would bar liability claims premised on vehicle safety standards stricter than those set by federal regulators, and has drawn support from a trucking and…

A guest column published this week makes a right-of-center case against pending federal restrictions on third-party litigation funding, arguing that the measures would strip conservative activists and small business owners…

An article published in the Arizona State University Corporate and Business Law Journal argues that five years of operating data under Arizona’s Alternative Business Structure framework has not produced the…

Michael Israel, chairman and co-founder of IVO Capital Partners, has been named Fund Manager of the Month by RankiaPro, in a profile that traces his path from Paribas and Merrill…

An investment commentary published this week makes the case that Omni Bridgeway’s shares do not reflect the quality of its legal assets platform, following a broad repricing across the litigation…

ProLegal has entered the 2026 Inc. 5000 at No. 11 in the legal category, posting 615% growth over the ranking period in its first appearance on the list. According to…

Legal Bay has introduced a funding program allowing survivors covered by Los Angeles County’s childhood sexual abuse settlement to access value from their scheduled installment payments rather than waiting for…

Fox Rothschild has been dismissed from a New Jersey state court action brought by a couple who alleged the firm attempted to collect on high-interest loans they said they were…

Aperture Investors has grown its litigation finance platform beyond $600 million in assets, with approximately $1 billion in total investment capacity, marking one of the larger disclosed commitments to law…

A commentary published this week argues that California’s litigation environment functions as an unofficial tax on businesses and consumers, adding to the state’s cost of living at a moment when…

London-based Novarex Capital Partners has completed an initial £5 million funding round, with a second round already underway as part of a broader capital programme. According to ACCESS Newswire, the…

Average payments on U.S. auto bodily injury claims rose at more than double the rate of medical care inflation between 2017 and 2022, according to a new Insurance Research Council…