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Member Spotlight: Blake Trueblood

November 8, 2023

Member Spotlight: Blake Trueblood

Blake Trueblood, a seasoned advocate and litigator, brings over eighteen years of experience to the forefront of the litigation finance industry. As co-founder of Invenio LLP, Blake has played a pivotal role in the firm’s dedication to the emerging litigation finance sector. His extensive background includes serving as General Counsel for a group of litigation finance and claims management companies, where he assisted plaintiffs and law firms in various practice areas, from personal injury to mass torts.
Blake’s entrepreneurial spirit led him to co-found and manage a Florida-based law firm, specializing in representing claimants in personal injury, discrimination, and commercial claims. His practice has catered to both individuals and businesses seeking just compensation. Beyond his legal expertise, Blake has earned the trust of entrepreneurs, Native American tribes, and media personalities. His insightful commentary on topics like litigation finance and Tribal economic development has solidified his reputation as a thought leader. Born in the Midwest and raised in Florida, Blake now splits his time between Washington, D.C., and Fort Lauderdale, where he has a home with his significant other Maria, their daughter Amber,  and his dog Bella, a chihuahua-beagle mix. As an enrolled member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, Blake is deeply connected to Native American culture and its economic development initiatives. In his free time, he’s an avid hiker, runner, and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner, holding a black belt since 2015, with a second-degree earned in 2021. Company Name & Description: Invenio LLP is a leading provider of legal services for those navigating the complexities of the litigation finance industry. Our founding partners have extensive experience in claimant funding, law firm lending, and litigation supported by third-party funding. We serve claimants, the law firms who advocate on their behalf, and the lenders and funders that provide the capital necessary to see justice through. Our lawyers bring a wealth of experience to the rapidly evolving litigation finance landscape. We’ve represented both plaintiffs and defendants in litigation, and immersed ourselves in venture start-ups and private equity ventures catering to plaintiffs, law firms, and claims development experts, giving us a unique blend of expertise suited to untangle the complexities of the litigation finance space and find solutions. Invenio is committed to increasing access to civil justice by helping plaintiffs of all types access courts and level the playing field against well-resourced defendants.  We believe litigation finance can be a force multiplier for plaintiffs and the firms that represent them. We aim to make the process of exploring and obtaining litigation finance clear, fair, and straightforward. Company Website: inveniolaw.com Year Founded: 2022 Headquarters: Invenio has joint headquarters in Washington, D.C. and Fort Lauderdale. Area of Focus: Invenio LLP is fully engaged in all aspects of the rapidly emerging litigation finance industry. The firm’s founding partners have each worked on multiple claimant funding and law firm loan transactions and have themselves litigated cases where law firm portfolio funding or third-party case funding was used. Our clients are law firms borrowing for their cases or portfolios, claimants seeking traditional third-party funding, lenders seeking assistance with underwriting and servicing of cases or portfolios of cases, and parties to disputes or workouts. We focus on Case & Portfolio Underwriting; Borrower & Claimant Side Representation; and Pre-Settlement, Post-Settlement & Medical Lien Funding. Member Quote: “We believe that litigation finance levels the playing field in the fight for access to justice, both for claimants and the attorneys and law firms that represent them on the front lines. Invenio LLP was founded on that principle, and we focus our efforts each day on ensuring that plaintiffs, their advocates, and the investors who fund their efforts get the guidance they need to navigate this complex industry.”

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UK Litigation Funding Reforms in 2026: From Commercial Tool to Regulated Justice Feature

By John Freund |

A new Solicitor News analysis frames 2026 as the year UK litigation funding completes its transition from a flexible commercial tool to a regulated feature of the justice system, with transparency, fairness, and proportionality of funder returns now squarely in the line of sight of both Parliament and the courts. The piece argues that funding arrangements are no longer treated as peripheral financial instruments but are instead being examined as active components of the disputes they finance.

As reported by Solicitor News, the post-PACCAR landscape continues to drive structural change — pushing funders to restructure agreements that had been classified as damages-based agreements under the Supreme Court's ruling and prompting heightened judicial scrutiny of conflicts of interest, procedural fairness, and the economics of group actions. The analysis flags tighter funder selectivity, deeper firm-side due diligence on funder counterparties, and an expectation of more rigorous early-stage case assessment as defining features of the new regime.

For UK law firms, the article identifies opportunities alongside the risks: enhanced client confidence through transparency, differentiation for firms that can demonstrate compliance expertise, and a chance to position funding as part of an integrated dispute strategy rather than an after-the-fact add-on. The broader signal is that 2026 reforms — coming on top of FCA enforcement activity in adjacent financial sectors — are converging into a tighter regulatory perimeter that funders and claimant firms alike will need to navigate deliberately rather than incidentally.

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Adam Levitt Pushes Back on the “Tort Reform” Myth in National Law Journal Column

By John Freund |

Plaintiffs' class action attorney Adam J. Levitt of DiCello Levitt has used his monthly *National Law Journal* column to challenge what he calls the central premise of the modern tort reform movement — that America is "drowning in lawsuits" — arguing that the framing is unsupported by the data and has nonetheless underwritten 40 years of legislative and regulatory restrictions on civil litigation. The column lands at a moment when third-party litigation funding regulation is being driven in significant part by that same narrative.

As reported by Law.com, Levitt's piece traces the durability of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's tort reform messaging across decades and argues that empirical studies on filing rates, recoveries, and class certification do not support the picture of runaway plaintiff abuse that the messaging projects. The column situates current TPLF disclosure proposals, class-action reform efforts, and aggressive state-level restrictions on funded litigation as downstream effects of a flawed factual premise rather than as responses to a documented surge in litigation.

For litigation funders, the column is significant precisely because the "drowning in lawsuits" narrative has been the connective tissue between traditional tort reform priorities and the newer push to constrain TPLF through disclosure mandates, foreign-funder bans, and registration regimes. Levitt's piece supplies plaintiffs' counsel and funders with a rebuttal frame to deploy in legislative debates and judicial proceedings — even as defense-side groups continue to lean on Chamber-aligned data in support of further restrictions.

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Ivo Capital Backs €673 Million Dutch Consumer Claim Against Netflix Over Pricing Practices

By John Freund |

Stichting Bescherming Consumentenbelang, a Dutch consumer protection foundation, has filed a class claim against Netflix in the Amsterdam District Court alleging that the streaming service raised subscription prices by as much as 75% since 2017 without the transparent justification required under EU consumer protection rules. The claim values consumer damages at between €420 million and €673 million on behalf of an estimated 3 to 4 million Dutch subscribers, with more than 1,000 already registered.

As reported by The Next Web, the action is funded by IVO Capital under a no-cure, no-pay arrangement that entitles the funder to up to 25% of any compensation awarded. The legal grounds rest on EU Directive 93/13/EEC on unfair contract terms, with the foundation arguing that Netflix's generic price-change clauses — paired with a 30-day notice and cancellation option — fail the requirement that consumer terms be expressed in "clear and comprehensible" language and meet specific conditions for unilateral modification. Netflix has stated that it takes consumer rights "very seriously" and is "convinced" its terms comply with local laws and consumer expectations.

The case adds a high-profile data point to Europe's expanding pipeline of consumer-led, funder-backed pricing claims, alongside the wave of competition-driven collective actions running through the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal and similar proceedings in Germany and Spain. For commercial funders, the structure illustrates how subscription-economy pricing disputes — long viewed as marginal under traditional damages frameworks — can become viable matters when aggregated across millions of consumers under EU consumer law.