Roy Strom

December 20, 2016 | International Edition

From political uncertainty to the power of tech, a look at the key issues for the year ahead

By Chris Johnson, Katelyn Polantz, Susan Beck, Roy Strom, Nell Gluckman and Lizzy McLellan

16 minute read

December 15, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Observers greeted the announcement that Burford Capital would buy litigation funder Gerchen Keller as a sign that the nascent industry is maturing.

By Ben Hancock and Roy Strom

12 minute read

December 14, 2016 | The American Lawyer

Observers greeted the announcement that Burford Capital Ltd. would buy rival Gerchen Keller as a sign that the nascent litigation finance industry is maturing.

By Ben Hancock and Roy Strom

12 minute read

December 14, 2016 | Legaltech News

It may be a long wait until a court answers the question of whether an easy target for a hacker is also a sitting duck for a plaintiffs firm.

By Roy Strom

14 minute read

December 14, 2016 | The American Lawyer

The deal combines the two largest litigation finance firms in a young but fast-growing industry.

By Roy Strom

10 minute read

December 13, 2016 | The American Lawyer

A suit by data privacy lawyer Jay Edelson seeks to hold Chicago's Johnson & Bell liable for lax security measures even though the firm never suffered a data breach. Lawyers are skeptical the case has a leg to stand on—but fearful if it does.

By Roy Strom

14 minute read

December 12, 2016 | Legaltech News

The Johnson & Bell suit, originally filed in April, is unlikely to be the last from class action lawyer Jay Edelson.

By Roy Strom

19 minute read

December 09, 2016 | The American Lawyer

In the first public data security class action complaint against a U.S. law firm, Chicago-based Johnson & Bell was named in a lawsuit that says the firm failed to protect confidential client information.

By Roy Strom

19 minute read

December 09, 2016 | The American Lawyer

Jonathan Judge, a litigation partner at Schiff Hardin in Chicago, carved out an interesting side career as a baseball statistician, with some calling him to the next Nate Silver. Now, like Silver's switch from baseball to politics, he's setting his sights on a new industry.

By Roy Strom

11 minute read

December 07, 2016 | Daily Business Review

A bizarre internet conspiracy theory exploded into the real world on Sunday when a North Carolina man packed up his weapons, drove to a pizza parlor in Washington, D.C., and set out to “self-investigate” claims that Hillary Clinton and other top Democrats were hiding child sex slaves in secret tunnels there.

By Roy Strom

11 minute read