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

The proverbial millennial attorney graduated law school at the height of an economic recession. Greeted with one political and bank scandal after another … followed by the mother of all…

The impact of legal analytics will soon become priceless, according to a new report. As big law embraces the next generation of technology, adoption acceleration can be tracked via balance…

Paul Rand, Omni Bridgeway’s Chief Investment Officer, is joined by Andrew McCoomb and Ailsa Bloomer in a podcast feature discussion on the current litigation finance trends in Canada.  Read More…

In Africa, there are 340 money agents per 100,000 people. Yet, only six ATMs per 100,000. With the continent yet to embrace any real ambitious litigation finance marketplace, the question…

COVID has adversely impacted most industries, and litigation funding is no exception. While new commitments and deals are up from last year, cases are simply not concluding in a timely…

RGB Holdings has announced that its legal funding arm, LionFish Litigation Finance, has entered into an agreement with a sizable alternative investment firm.  Read More…

The Litigation Finance industry began as a way to increase access to justice, funding David v Goliath cases and giving average citizens a chance to have their day in court….

Litigation Finance has taken the investment world by storm. Mechanisms to vet cases are always improving, and the industry has adapted to changing circumstances. The problem? As a maturing asset…

Litigation Capital Management has appointed its Chief Financial Officer to its board this week. Mary Gangemi, who joined the company in April 2020, was promoted as a board member, effective…

Identifying a reliable legal disbursement funder can be a minefield, especially if you aren’t sure what to look for. Most funders want to know a lot about your business. This…

From an investor perspective, Litigation Finance allows investors to earn money from legal claims without seeing a day in court. While this was once an opportunity only available to sophisticated,…

Experts highlight that New Zealand’s class action provisions were last updated in 1882, and today do not reach modern benchmarks for class action litigation. Some suggest that New Zealand is…

Litigation requires many factors to be successful: a strong and effective strategy, the ability to adapt to changing circumstances, a talent for minimizing risk. This applies to both in-house and…

Chief Justice James Allsop has a lot to say about class action reform in Australia. He asserts that class actions have an inherent public benefit—one that’s in constant danger of…

Litigation Finance giant Omni Bridgeway has announced some new appointments in its Investment Management team and Investment Committee in Australia. Omni Bridgeway is a global leader in legal finance and…

Both competition law and consumer protection law focus on eliminating global marketplace manipulation. Deceptive acts and practices in many offshore businesses are byproducts of illegal bribes, or legal grease payments….

With the litigation finance industry experiencing meaningful growth, many investors are finding the space to be an attractive alternative asset class. The United Kingdom has witnessed litigation finance investment increase…

During the COVID-19 pandemic, world economies came to an abrupt halt. Nearly every industry was forced to reimagine itself in a bid for survival. Two years into the new normal,…

The Competition Appeals Tribunal recently ruled that requiring disclosure of after-the-event insurance premiums would amount to an unfair advantage. In this case, tech giant Google sought disclosure in the name…

It’s common for law firms to adopt ‘thin reserve’ strategies to keep budgets lean and liquidity high. But when a pandemic occurs, it can leave the legal services industry in…

Litigation Finance powerhouse Omni Bridgeway is opening its fifth US office—this time in Washington DC. The new office will be led by Jason Levine, noted trial lawyer and former partner…

Can the medieval doctrines of champerty and maintenance impact litigation funding agreements today? Most jurisdictions have abolished the outdated concepts prohibiting anything that looks like third-parties betting on litigation—but it…

The future of the litigation funding marketplace in Australia is a hot topic of late. Canberra (Australia’s capital city) is putting pressure on litigation investor returns by suggesting a 30%…

“Funding is the lifeblood of the Justice System,” is the famous quote by David Edmond Neuberger, who served as President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom from 2012…

International patent protection and litigation investment is forecasted to experience exponential growth between 2022 and 2030, according to new research by Absolute Market Insights. New investors into the emerging patent…

All dashboard metrics are signaling that the global litigation finance market is experiencing a renaissance. Corporate directors are embracing litigation finance as a business tool, building litigation portfolios while seeking…

Litigation Finance is alive and well in India and was affirmed to be in line with public policy since the Ram Coomar Coondoo and Others v Chunder Canto Mookerjee (1876)…

Should success fees from conditional fee agreements or after-the-event insurance premiums be recoverable in commercial litigation cases? The debate rages despite a decade-old ‘Jackson Review’ affirming that non-recoverability of these…