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One of LFJ’s most popular posts is this 2020 piece from Ed Truant, Founder of Slingshot Capital, on the sizing of the commercial litigation funding industry. William Weisman from Parabellum…

Steven Cooklin, founder and CEO of Manolete Partners, has stepped down after a remarkable 40‑year tenure in the litigation funding sector, marking the end of a defining leadership era for…

In a pivotal decision likely to reshape Singapore’s litigation finance landscape, the country’s High Court has affirmed that third-party funding is permissible beyond its historically narrow confines. The judgment, delivered…

An article in Carrier Management reveals that third-party litigation funding (TPLF) could impose up to $50 billion in direct and indirect costs on the U.S. casualty insurance industry over the…

A combination of court reforms and project delays is pulling more Gulf disputes into the third-party funding orbit, with global and regional players sharpening their focus on the UAE and…

The UK’s class action market continues to expand—even as filing volumes ebb—according to fresh figures that underscore the centrality of third-party funding to collective redress. A new CMS report pegs…

The UK Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) has allowed Fair Civil Justice (FCJ) to intervene in the “Boundary Fares” collective action against Stagecoach South Western Trains—a case backed by Woodsford—squarely over…

A high-stakes recovery effort for a trove of Russian avant-garde art has devolved into a funder–claimant showdown. The family of the late collector Uthman Khatib alleges that Prague-based LitFin Capital…

A new snapshot of the UK’s class action landscape suggests a market that is growing in size while facing sharper scrutiny. Drawing on data published by law firm CMS, the…

High Rise Financial has added industry veteran Karyn Cerulli as Regional Vice President of Sales, deepening the Los-Angeles-based funder’s reach into the personal-injury bar. Cerulli spent more than a decade…

Australia’s litigation-funding industry just received the judicial certainty it has craved. Clayton Utz reports that the High Court, in Kain v R&B Investments [2025] HCA 26, unanimously held that the…

A junior gold explorer is turning to third-party capital to fight what it calls the expropriation of a multi-million-ounce deposit. According to a press release on ACCESS Newswire, ASX- and…

A Texas-based consumer litigation financier is betting that radical price transparency will set it apart in the crowded pre-settlement funding market. An Express Legal Funding press release announces that the…

Gen Re has published a white-paper warning casualty carriers that “stealth capital” behind many U.S. lawsuits is complicating claims evaluation and settlement strategy. Drawing on recent state reforms in Georgia,…

Australia’s long-running investigative program, Four Corners, has turned its lens on the country’s booming class-action market— and on the third-party funders who bankroll it. ABC News’ 47-minute report, The Price…

New survey data of 765 UK business leaders finds overwhelming support for third-party litigation funding as a catalyst for growth rather than mere cost-containment. Asked to weigh the mechanism’s risks…

International plaintiffs’ firm Pogust Goodhead has opened a fresh front in the marathon litigation over the 2015 Fundão dam collapse, dispatching a pre-action letter that accuses BHP, Vale and their…

A new entrant has jumped into the U.S. legal-finance arena. National Law Review reports that Uncorrelated Capital has closed a $53 million seed round, backed by a private-credit fund and…

In a fresh salvo that lays bare the brewing turf war between two sophisticated risk-transfer industries, a cadre of major U.S. insurers is doubling down on efforts to hobble third-party…

A Northern District of California decision has handed patent plaintiff Haptic Inc. an important procedural win in its infringement fight with Apple over the iPhone’s “Back Tap” feature. An article…

Johnson & Johnson’s quest to unmask the financial backers behind the avalanche of talc-cancer claims just hit another wall. A special master overseeing the federal multidistrict litigation has rejected the…

Manolete Partners has announced a £3.2 million payout from the settlement of one of its truck cartel claims, marking a rare but highly profitable detour from its usual insolvency-focused litigation…

Almaden Minerals’ billion-dollar arbitration against the Mexican state just cleared a procedural hurdle that could hasten a merits hearing and, by extension, potential recovery for its financing partners. An article…

A procedural ruling in London has put fresh heat on the brain-injury lawsuits rocking the rugby world. Senior Master Jeremy Cook lambasted solicitor Richard Boardman of Rylands Garth for “serious…

The American Property Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA) has thrown its weight behind two House measures—Rep. Darrell Issa’s Litigation Transparency Act (H.R. 1109) and Rep. Ben Cline’s Protecting Our Courts from…

Theo Ai has elevated litigation strategist Sarah Johansson to Head of Legal Product, a move the Palo Alto-based start-up says will help turn its AI-driven prediction engine into an everyday…

Capitol Hill is again zeroing in on litigation finance. During a House Judiciary Sub-committee hearing on “foreign abuse of U.S. courts,” Chair Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) revived his Litigation Transparency…

A new report catalogues how marquee investments in the £58 million Post Office settlement and the still-pending $15 billion Sabah arbitration have delivered thinner-than-advertised returns for Therium Capital. Add in…

Third-party funders are once again in the cross-hairs—and one of the sector’s elder statesmen is firing back. In a forthright essay published today, Calunius Capital chairman Leslie Perrin argues that…

Alarm bells over the economic cost of UK class actions are “simply wrong,” says Anthony Maton, global co-chair of claimant firm Hausfeld, who dismantles a think-tank report suggesting mass litigation…