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Pogust Goodhead has lined up fresh capital and elite co-counsel for the next phase of its landmark claim against mining giant BHP over the 2015 Mariana dam collapse in Brazil…

Omni Bridgeway, one of the world’s largest legal finance providers, has released new content underscoring the specialized expertise required to fund international arbitration — disputes that frequently span multiple jurisdictions,…

A court filing in the bankruptcy of Montgomery-based Jackson Hospital reveals that, under a joint prosecution and funding agreement, litigation funders and lawyers would be paid ahead of the hospital…

As New York’s new consumer litigation lending law takes effect, a Buffalo-based nonprofit is positioning itself as an alternative to the traditional, for-profit funding model the legislation is designed to…

A new comment letter to the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules contends that third-party litigation funding (TPLF) agreements do not automatically qualify for protection under the attorney-client privilege or the…

North Carolina has become the first state in the nation to enact an outright ban on third-party litigation funding, after Governor Josh Stein signed House Bill 315 into law. The…

A coalition of 21 organizations led by the American Energy Alliance (AEA) has called on congressional leaders to close a tax provision that allows third-party litigation financiers to treat their…

Irwell Insurance Company has agreed a five-year capacity partnership with managing general agent Addept Insurance Services, significantly expanding the legal expenses insurance (LEI) capacity available to the UK specialist. The…

The Ohio Senate has passed House Bill 105, advancing what supporters describe as one of the most comprehensive third-party litigation funding measures in the country and sending it to Governor…

A senior English costs judge has struck out a law firm’s entire £30,000 success fee after finding that the firm failed to make reasonable inquiries into its client’s existing legal…

A cautionary first-person account from a retail investor is circulating as a warning about the risks lurking in consumer-facing litigation finance products — not in the underlying legal strategy, but…

The United Kingdom’s long-promised overhaul of litigation funding regulation has stalled again, and rival jurisdictions are moving to capture the investment that uncertainty is pushing offshore. Nearly three years after…

A New York appellate ruling, paired with the state’s newly enacted consumer litigation funding law, is giving defendants fresh tools to scrutinize the financing behind personal-injury claims they suspect are…

Burford Capital has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a Third Circuit decision that dismissed, on jurisdictional grounds, the litigation funder’s bid to arbitrate a dispute tied to German…

A new entrant has joined the litigation finance conference circuit. The inaugural Chicago Litigation Finance Summit convened at the Museum of Contemporary Art in early May, organized by Charles Zuo,…

A new lawsuit casts a harsh light on the consumer litigation funding model, with a major insurer accusing a New York funder of engineering a scheme to inflate personal injury…

In a striking outcome for funded collective actions, the UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal has signed off on the discontinuation of a £480 million claim against Qualcomm that delivers no compensation…

As private equity firms extend their reach into the legal industry, a new commentary argues that the tax code has failed to keep pace with how litigation funders actually earn…

The credibility of the UK’s opt-out collective action regime increasingly depends on a stubborn problem: persuading class members to actually claim the damages won on their behalf. As reported by…

The High Court has rejected litigation funder Innsworth’s judicial review challenge to the Competition Appeal Tribunal’s distribution of the £200M Merricks v Mastercard settlement, ending the first substantive test of…

While most state legislatures have pursued disclosure and registration regimes for litigation finance, North Carolina is advancing something far more drastic: an outright ban. As reported by Bloomberg Law, North…

A proposed UK collective action against major musical instrument manufacturers is collapsing for want of litigation funding — a concrete illustration of the financing squeeze facing claims in the Competition…

More than £3.7M left unclaimed from a funded rail passenger class action is being redeployed to support free legal advice services across the UK, offering a window into what happens…

Consumer legal funder Legal-Bay LLC is expanding its summer funding initiatives to help plaintiffs manage rising seasonal expenses while their cases work through the courts. According to PR Newswire, the…

A new entrant has arrived in the European litigation funding market, with Felix von Zwehl announcing that MOMENTUM Legal Finance, a German funder he has spent recent months building, is…

Burford Capital intends to expand its minority equity investments in elite law firms across the United Kingdom and United States, betting that growing appetite for law-firm ownership will open a…

Uber has asked a London court to order law firm Mishcon de Reya to hand over its communications with a former litigation funder, arguing the documents are not privileged and…

CAC, the contingent-risk insurance arm of The Baldwin Group, has opened a London office to push into the UK and European market for litigation and contingent-risk insurance, products that increasingly…

UK national law firm Irwin Mitchell is considering external private equity investment to repurchase shares held by former partners, a step that would mark another instance of outside capital flowing…

For litigants taking on sovereign states, third-party funding is often the only thing that makes a claim possible. That is the message from Tim Foden, co-head of international arbitration at…