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Announcements Consumer

Gain Brand Launches, Commits to Leveling the Insurance Playing Field

By John Freund |
Gain, a comprehensive medical lien servicing and legal funding company with an artificial intelligence-powered platform, launched today. Previously, the company had been doing business as a variety of operating companies, including Cherokee Legal Holdings, Cherokee Funding and Gain Servicing. The rebrand is meant to streamline the companies and build efficiencies in order to serve as a centralized, AI-powered hub to those with medical lien servicing and legal funding needs.
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Announcements Consumer Deals

Amicus Capital and RapidFunds Announce Strategic Partnership

By John Freund |
Katonah NY. Modeso LLC D/B/A Rapidfunds (“RF”), today announced that they have signed an agreement with Amicus Capital (“AC”), a prominent investment firm in the legal financing market, establishing a partnership to provide financing to law firms throughout the United States. Through this partnership, RF and AC will market each other’s services to existing and prospective law firms on a nationwide basis by leveraging their extensive databases of law firms.
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Commercial Consumer

GAO Releases Study of Litigation Finance Market

By John Freund |
Litigation funding has reached a level of maturity where it is now viewed as a common feature of many jurisdictions’ legal systems, rather than a rare occurrence, leading to wider conversations about how its use should be regulated by national governments. Whilst criticism of the practice exists from politicians and third-party pressure groups in the U.S., it is important to note the role of government agencies in shaping the future of regulation, including the Government Accountability Office (GAO).
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Announcements Consumer

Legal-Bay Pre-Settlement Funding Announces Uptick in Wrongful Termination Cases Due to Sexual Harassment and Discrimination Awareness

By John Freund |
Legal-Bay LLC, The Pre Settlement Funding Company, reports today that a large portion of their pre-settlement cash advance funding capital will be directed toward victims of wrongful unemployment. Legal-Bay has vast experience with unlawful termination lawsuits related to sexual harassment and retaliation as well as racial, gender, or age-related discrimination. Based on recent court case trends, Legal-Bay anticipates even more wrongful termination lawsuit filings to come.
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Announcements Consumer

Mill City Ventures III, Ltd. Provides Short-Term Loan to Mustang Litigation Funding

By John Freund |
Mill City Ventures III, Ltd. (“Mill City”) (NASDAQ:MCVT), a specialty short-term finance and non-bank lender, announced today that, in accordance with its previously announced letter of intent regarding a proposed merger transaction with Mustang Funding, LLC dba Mustang Litigation Funding (“Mustang”), it has entered into a $5 million short-term financing arrangement with Mustang in furtherance of the proposed merger. The related short-term note is scheduled to mature on the ninth-month anniversary of the loan.
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Announcements Consumer

Mill City Ventures III, Ltd. Enters into Letter of Intent to Acquire Mustang Funding, LLC

By John Freund |
Mill City Ventures III, Ltd. (“Mill City”) (NASDAQ:MCVT), a specialty short-term finance and non-bank lender, announced today that it has entered into a non-binding letter of intent for a merger transaction with Mustang Funding, LLC dba Mustang Litigation Funding (“Mustang”), a Delaware limited liability company owning and operating a Minneapolis-based litigation finance business focusing on the long-term capital needs of law firms, plaintiffs and vendors.
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Announcements Consumer

MedResolve Offers Unique and Innovative Personal Injury Legal and Medical Funding Products

By John Freund |
Harrison, New York based Altuitive Partners LLC (Altuitive), an investment management company led by alternative investment veteran, Robert Cannon CFF, MBA, AIFA, announces the launch of MedResolve, a litigation financing company dedicated to providing funding solutions to personal injury plaintiffs, healthcare professionals and attorneys.
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Announcements Consumer

Mustang Litigation Funding of Wayzata, Minnesota; Mustang Specialty Funding I and II; James “Jimmy” Beltz, and Kevin Cavanaugh Remove Legal Bay Lawsuit to New Jersey Federal Court

By John Freund |
Legal Bay, The Lawsuit Settlement Funding Company, announced today that on June 15, 2022, its recent New Jersey State Court lawsuit filing against Mustang Legal Funding and its principals has been removed to the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, Newark Vicinage, by the Mustang Entities, James Beltz, and Kevin Cavanaugh. The case now bears the following docket name: Legal Bay LLC v. Mustang Funding LLC, et al., No. 22-cv-3941 (ES) (JBC). The matter has been assigned to District Judge Esther Salas and Magistrate Judge James B. Clark, III.
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Consumer Special Features

Litigation Financing is an Investment in Democracy

By John Freund |
The following is a contributed piece from Rory Donadio, CEO of www.tribecalawsuitloans.com There are many ways to look at what those of us in litigation funding do. Is it a pre-settlement cash advance or a non-recourse loan? Is it truly lending, or is it an investment? But far more important than what we call our work, is what we actually do. According to a September 2021 Bloomberg Law Litigation Finance Survey, 88% of the responding attorneys believe that litigation finance enables better access to justice.
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