Augusta, the UK’s largest litigation funder by case volume, today announces the formation of its Consumer Claims Division, with four new hires into the business.
Jersey, Channel Islands, 29 October 2019. Therium Access, the not-for-profit arm of leading global litigation finance provider Therium, today announced that Lord John Thomas of Cwmgiedd is joining its Advisory Committee. Jeunesse Mensier has also been named Grant Programme Director.
October 23, 2019 – Burford Capital, the leading global finance and investment management firm focused on law, today announced the results of its 2019 Legal Finance Report: A Survey of In-House and Law Firm Lawyers. Based on online survey data from 509 in-house and law firm lawyers in the US, UK, Canada and Australia, as well as in-depth phone interviews conducted with 32 leading lawyers across seven countries, the report reveals that legal finance is continuing to grow in use and sophistication, with lawyers predicting still more use in the event of a recession.
JERICHO, N.Y., Oct. 25, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc. (ESQ) (the “Company”), the holding company for Esquire Bank, National Association (“Esquire Bank”), today announced its operating results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019.
Leading Welsh commercial law firm Acuity Law has agreed a £10 million litigation funding facility with the UK’s largest litigation funder by volume, Augusta Ventures.
A UK Court of Appeal has approved the enormous U.S.-style class action against Google in the now infamous ‘Safari workaround’ claim. 4 million claimants will be represented in an opt-out action brought by Mishcon de Reya and backed by Therium Capital Management.
SYDNEY (October 15 2019) Leading litigation and disputes funder IMF Bentham Limited (IMF Bentham) (ASX:IMF) announces that it is acquiring Omni Bridgeway Holdings BV (Omni Bridgeway) to create a truly global diversified funder with over A$2.2 billion in capital to fund disputes and enforcement proceedings of significant size and complexity throughout the world.
IMF Bentham is funding a shareholder class action against New Zealand-based CBL Corp., claiming the company failed to disclose that the Reserve Bank of New Zealand had been investigating its solvency for several years. CBL has since entered liquidation, leaving many shareholders out in the cold.
LONDON 14 October 2019, Woodsford Litigation Funding, the global provider of litigation financing solutions for businesses, individuals and law firms, has announced further expansion of its international executive team with the appointment of Adam Erusalimsky to the position of Senior Investment Officer, Alex Hickson as Investment Officer and Daniel Littman as Commercial Manager. All three will be based at Woodsford’s London HQ.
45 general counsel and chief legal officers have signed a letter which requests that the Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure amend the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure as pertains to three specific areas of MDL litigation: census of claims, interlocutory appellate review, and litigation funding.
NASHVILLE, October 10, 2019—Westfleet Advisors, the leading U.S. litigation finance advisory firm, announced today that it has expanded its executive team with the additions of Barry Kamar and Michael Perich, both as Vice President and Legal Counsel. Mr. Kamar was most recently an Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) in New Jersey. Mr. Perich joins Westfleet from AmLaw 200 law firm, Ice Miller.
The Center on Civil Justice recently launched its Dispute Financing Library, a free, neutral repository of documents relating to the third-party litigation funding industry. It is online at www.DisputeFinancingLibrary.org.
London 10th October 2019, Augusta today announces the appointment of Frances Coats as General Counsel, based in London.
NEW YORK, Oct. 7, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — BlueWhite Legal Capital (“BlueWhite” or “the Company”), a privately-held litigation finance firm led by Jules Kroll, Aaron Rubinstein, Earl Doppelt, and Jack Blackburn – all prominent business, legal and finance professionals – today announced its official company launch.
CHICAGO (PRWEB) OCTOBER 04, 2019: Lawyers’ ethical duties don’t just inform how they do their jobs – they also dictate how they get paid. Join our panel for a discussion of ethical issues arising out of legal fee arrangements, from basic requirements of reasonableness to ongoing and developing law concerning third party litigation finance in multimillion dollar cases.
NEW YORK, NY / ACCESSWIRE / September 23, 2019 / Bryant Park Capital (“BPC”), a leading middle market investment bank, announced today that Legis Finance Ltd. (“Legis” or the “Company”) recently closed on a $104.5 million capital raise transaction with a global investment management firm. This financing adds to its current insurance and merchant banking capacity, and gives the Company a long-term capital partner to finance operations and originations.
The recent LF Dealmakers conference in NYC highlighted several key issues facing the funding industry. And there exists a clear overlap between litigation funding and IP, given that IP is the most-funded legal sector at the moment (additionally, the organizer of LF Dealmakers, Wendy Chou, hosts an annual IP Dealmakers event). So naturally, one of the topics discussed at LF Dealmakers is how IP lawyers should interact with the funding market.
London 2 October 2019: The Association of Litigation Funders of England & Wales (“the ALF”) today announced the appointment of Susan Dunn as Chair at the ALF’s Annual General Meeting. Susan Dunn currently serves as a Director of the ALF and succeeds Leslie Perrin, following his expression of a desire to stand down this year after serving as Chair for almost 8 years.
Burford Capital has commissioned a study by Joshua Mitts of Columbia Law School which found that there is indeed evidence to back the funder’s claim that it was the victim of market manipulation in the wake of the Muddy Waters attack which shed 50% of the stock’s valuation in a single day. Burford is presenting the study in court to compel the London Stock Exchange to release the names of the short-seller sho it says manipulated the trading.
New Zealand government insurer Southern Response wants to eschew a Court of Appeals order that a portion of its settlement go to litigation funder Claims Funding Australia. Maurice Blackburn and Claims Funding took over representation for 3,000 claimants after a New Zealand court allowed an opt-out class action for only the second time in history. Southern Response is weighing an appeal to the decision, preferring to deal with the claimant pool directly.
Defunct New Zealand firm Felted Carpets – which collapsed just two years after its IPO – is being sued on behalf of over 3,000 investors. Harbour Litigation Funding had funded the claim up through 2015, with ‘Stage 2 Funding’ coming from a group of investors including Joint Action Funding. Now, the Supreme Court has ordered a $1.65MM security for costs order, which the plaintiffs are contesting.
UK law firm Rosenblatt announced the formation of a litigation funding arm when the firm went public last year. Now, in the firm’s half-year report, CEO Nicola Foulston announced that Rosenblatt will be treating all un-concluded claims as costs, eschewing any potential concern over its accounting methodology.
The latest issue of Harvard Law School’s Center on the Legal Profession’s ‘The Practice’ magazine features a robust examination of the litigation finance industry, including how the industry operates, who the major players are, how deals get done, and what law students should do to secure a career in legal finance.
In response to investor inquiries, Burford Capital Limited (“Burford Capital” or “Burford” or “the Company”), the leading global finance and investment management firm focused on law, has today uploaded to the investor relations section of its website a briefing of the Company’s investment fair value and return computations.
Well, how often does this happen? A government agency officially declares itself unconstitutional. That’s what the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) just did, as director Kraninger sent letters to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, stating in no uncertain terms that the agency is unconstitutional given the single-director-removable-only-by-POTUS structure.
LCM has been funding a class action against the Gladstone Ports Corporation (GPC) on behalf of local fisheries and fishermen, who claim that GPCs port expansion project led to the collapse of the fishing market there. GPC had been arguing that LCMs funding agreement is unenforceable on the basis of champerty and maintenance, but the court just upheld the agreement as not champertous.
This past Wednesday and Thursday saw New York City play host to the 2nd annual LF Dealmakers Forum. Hosted by Wendy Chou, whose popular IP Dealmakers Forum served as a launchpad for a similar conference aimed at the litigation funding market, the sold out two-day event brought together industry experts and novices alike.
