News and analysis dedicated to the consumer legal funding sector including mass torts, regulatory issues, case developments, funding activities, and more.

As LFJ reported last week, Louisiana has become the latest state in the US to advance new legislation that more closely regulates third-party litigation financing and increases disclosure requirements for…

Discussions around the use of litigation funding often focus on the individual relationships between funders and law firms, or between funders and the claimant, and evaluate these dynamics in isolation….

Attempts to regulate litigation funding and provide additional oversight into the practice have been gaining momentum, not only on a national level in several countries, but also by individual state…

Whilst the litigation industry has continued to grow in both the scale and volume of activity in recent years, it remains a sector that the wider public is largely unaware…

2023 is shaping up to be a year in which legislation focusing on the regulation of litigation finance will become a regular feature, ranging from the potential implementation of the…

Whilst litigation funders are most often the ones financing plaintiffs’ claims, occasionally they may find themselves on the receiving end of litigation and having to fight their own cases. In…

In 1977, the United States Supreme Court ruled that legal advertisements are protected by the first amendment. The court highlighted that restrictions on legal marketing hampered access to justice “particularly…

Litigation Finance Journal recently reported on a group of 14 state attorneys general that have called for action from the Department of Justice to review potential threats to U.S. national…

The United States Chamber of Commerce Institute for Legal Reform recently warned that litigation finance is a potential risk to national security. Bloomberg Law has published a rebuttal to such…

Recent discussion around the risks of litigation funding have highlighted the potential threat of foreign actors using third-party funding of lawsuits to harm U.S. national security. This claim, which was…

As the litigation finance industry has matured, the possibility of funders running afoul of legal oversight grows. This was the case in a recent settlement between RD Legal Funding LLC…

New York attorney Marc Elefant has reversed his previous non-guilty plea, now pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud in the organization of a lucrative slip…

One area of litigation funding that receives less time in the spotlight but carries great importance is in the realm of medical malpractice and personal injury cases. According to industry…

The medical malpractice field has always been a contentious and active area of litigation, with a volume of cases that is constant and not as affected by economic conditions as…

While many small funders maintain niche or industry-specific practice areas, or in some cases take a regional approach, the industry is now seeing some of these smaller funders join forces…

Investors continue to see litigation financing as a lucrative investment, not only seeking returns from individually funding cases, but also through investments in leading funders. Experity Ventures is the latest…