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NEW YORK, July 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Bryant Park Capital (“BPC”), a leading middle-market investment bank, announced today that ProMed Capital Ventures, LLC (“ProMed” or the “Company”), a leading provider of financing to medical practices and facilities in the United States, has been sold to Experity Ventures, LLC, the parent company for several specialty finance and legal funding related services businesses in the United States, including Nexify Holdings, Medsolve Financial Group, and Thrivest Legal Funding, LLC dba Thrivest Link. The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

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PHILADELPHIA, July 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Legal-Bay LLC, The Pre-Settlement Funding Company, announced their renewed commitment to assisting the many victims who’ve filed Essure Birth Control lawsuits, and are hoping for presettlement payouts despite court delays.

NEW YORK, June 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — In an effort to use its resources to bring relief and hope to those affected by unprecedented global circumstances, Tribeca Capital Group, LLC, an industry leader in pre-settlement lawsuit funding, announces that it has developed an initiative to reach lawsuit plaintiffs who have been touched by COVID-19 or have been negatively impacted by the sharp downturn in the economy.

Baker Street Funding, America’s #1 Choice for Legal Funding Firm, announced today that they have launched a commercial litigation focused legal funding division. This new division will focus on commercial litigation, lawsuit loans, or advances and attorney loans. Commercial litigation is often extremely complex and time-consuming. The cost of litigating these claims has increased exponentially and Baker Street Funding finds it as an under-served market in which they can thrive.

The common law doctrine that bans champerty has been around since the middle ages. This dark age law prohibiting funding for legal cases by outside parties (who then receive a share of a winning award) is still in place in some parts of the world. But Minnesota is no longer one of those places—earlier this week, the Minnesota Supreme Court abolished the champerty doctrine.

NYU Law School’s Center on Civil Justice, creators of the first-of-its-kind Dispute Financing Library, will host an online, virtual conference discussing how the industry is shifting because of COVID-19.

Baker Street Funding, LLC (Baker Street), a legal funding company located in New York and South Florida, is committing to increasing their litigation funding efforts on settled cases. This type of legal funding provides contingency fee based attorney and their clients with immediate liquidity to help bridge the gap between settlement and payment distribution.

CALDWELL, N.J., May 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Legal-Bay LLC, the Lawsuit Settlement Funding Company, announced that they have launched a new legal funding division for commercial litigation, lawsuit loans or advances, and attorney loans for law firms. Commercial litigation cases can be extremely complex and require expansive resources for both plaintiffs and law firms to fight properly. Legal-Bay sees this as an under-served market and has built a new division to accommodate the needs of this market.

ARDMORE, Pa., May 7, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Balanced Bridge Funding, LLC (“Balanced Bridge”) now offers a special financing program for plaintiffs involved in settled sex abuse cases, who have awards and are interested in receiving a portion of their award upfront.

EUGENE, Ore., April 29, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — TriMark Legal Funding LLC, one of the nation’s leading pre-settlement funding companies since 2003, announced today that, due to overwhelming popularity, it has extended its financial relief initiative originally launched on March 24th to provide $3,500 in immediate cash assistance to people nationwide who are currently involved in civil lawsuits and have been negatively impacted by Coronavirus/COVID-19. No ending date has been set.

DRB Financial Solutions, LLC, is pleased to announce that its subsidiary, USClaims (www.USClaims.com), America’s premier pre-settlement funding company, was recently chosen as America’s Best Consumer Litigation Funding Provider by the audience of Corporate Counsel, the leading national legal and business news publication for in-house counsel at global companies.

CALDWELL, N.J., April 13, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Legal-Bay, the nation’s leading lawsuit settlement funding company, announced today that they have committed to providing coronavirus relief with their new “feed or fund” program. Plaintiffs who may be seeking legal funding are now being given even more incentive to apply for a settlement loan with this latest unprecedented offer.

This article was contributed by Eric Schuller, President of the Alliance for Responsible Consumer Legal Funding (ARC).

In today’s “us vs. them” political environment, it is refreshing to see exceptions in the state of Utah.  I saw one example of people working together in the political environment during Utah’s most recent legislative session.

Baker Street Funding announced today as a result of the effects of the global pandemic, COVID-19 and because of the unprecedented global shutdown of business activities, many people (including people who depended on Baker Street Funding) do not have the opportunity to earn an income. Baker Street Funding has increased their funding applications by 50%.

DELRAY BEACH, Fla., April 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — DRB Financial Solutions, LLC, is pleased to announce that its subsidiary, USClaims (www.USClaims.com), America’s premier pre-settlement funding company, was recently chosen as America’s “Best Consumer Litigation Funding Provider”  by the audience of Corporate Counsel, the leading national legal and business news publication for in-house counsel at global companies.

NEW YORK (PRWEB) JANUARY 15, 2020: Baker Street Funding is a legal funding firm located in New York City that specializes in providing plaintiffs and attorneys with pre and post-settlement funding. The driving force behind this organization is Daniel DiGiaimo, the CEO and President. Mr. DiGiaimo has an impressive back-ground in financial services and previously worked at Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch and Oppenheimer & Co. Holding a minor in Law and a BA in Finance from PACE University, Mr. DiGiaimo manages all funding decisions and is responsible for the success of the company.

Woodstock, NY—November 18, 2019, — Segue Cloud Services, a leading provider of cloud-based litigation finance management tools for the legal community, announced that it has appointed Kevin Flood, a proven business leader and former executive with the Coca-Cola Bottling System, as its new Chief Operating Officer. Flood will design and implement Segue Cloud Services’ ongoing business strategy, delivering both short- and long-term growth plans to build a robust organization serving attorneys and law firms across the United States.

DELRAY BEACH, Fla., Nov. 12, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — DRB Financial Solutions, LLC (DRBfinancial.com), and its wholly-owned subsidiary U.S. Claims (USClaims.com), America’s premier pre-settlement funding company, today announced the two-year renewal of a $50M pre-settlement revolving credit facility.  The renewal comes amidst a string of financial transactions that have helped the company improve its offerings and foster further growth.

ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 12, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Momentum Funding, a premier legal, medical, and transportation finance company, is excited to announce and welcome Kaitlynn Diaz as a new Regional Account Executive. She will oversee business in Central Florida. She comes to Momentum with a Juris Doctorate from Ave Maria School of Law and has worked in the legal industry for the past six years.

PARADISE, Calif., Nov. 12, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Legal Bay Lawsuit Funding reports that residents of northern Californiawho have been affected by the slew of recent wildfires can apply for aid through the Wildfire Assistance Program. The $105 million fund was approved by the judge during PG&E’s Chapter 11 case, and will be made available via the company’s cash reserves.

JERSEY CITY, N.J., Nov. 9, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Legal-Bay LLC, The Pre Settlement Funding Company, announced today that they have recently seen an increase in Essure birth control lawsuits, and are preparing for numerous presettlement payouts in the coming months.

NEW YORK, Nov. 7, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Legal-Bay LLC, The Lawsuit Settlement Funding Company, reports today that they are focusing a large portion of their pre-settlement cash advance funding capital toward victims of wrongful termination due to racial, gender, or age-related discrimination. With the many payouts plaintiffs have received from the most recent court cases, Legal-Bay anticipates even more wrongful termination lawsuit filings to come.