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Regulatory and legal issues surrounding the burgeoning litigation finance market, as well as deals, financials, and analysis of how litigation funding is changing the practice of law.
By Rick Mitchell | June 28, 2024
Third-party litigation funder Innsworth is bankrolling the case brought by Andreas Stephan, a professor of competition law at the University of East Anglia, who accuses Amazon of discriminating against third-party sellers.
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By Jack Womack | June 24, 2024
The claimants are seeking up to £382 million for UK consumers.
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By Jack Womack | June 12, 2024
A key piece of proposed legislation on third-party funding did not become law in time before the Prime Minister's calling of the general election in May.
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By Kasvi Sehgal | June 7, 2024
The biggest class action ever launched by UK retailers accuses the tech giant of 'illegally misusing' data and 'manipulating the Amazon Buy Box' for its own commercial benefit.
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By Philipp Leibfried and Charlie Rooke, Burford | June 4, 2024
With appropriate regulation and fast litigation times, the country's litigation finance market is increasing quickly.
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By Jack Womack | May 29, 2024
The bill was not chosen by the UK government to progress through the so-called 'wash-up' period of last-minute lawmaking in the final days of a parliamentary session, meaning it will now be up to the next government to decide whether to revive the legislation.
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By Jessica Seah | May 20, 2024
Withers, Reynolds Porter, Quinn Emanuel, Pallas Partners and Clyde & Co are all also acting for investors on their claims in relation to the write-down of Credit Suisse's AT1 bond.
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By Susan Dunn | April 14, 2024
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce's goal is to constrain access to funding and deny people like Alan Bates the ability to bring their claims.
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By Justin Henry | April 12, 2024
A $40 million agreement between Quinn Emanuel and Longford Capital illustrates how law firms are seeking to make third-party finance more appealing to their clients.
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By Seema Kennedy OBE | April 3, 2024
On the Post Office litigation, funders rode to the rescue but then hijacked the spoils—we need to reform the system, says former MP Seema Kennedy.
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By Amanda O'Brien | July 12, 2024
Attorney Kevin Berry says Vaughan McLean owes him over $350,000 that he contributed to help the firm pay off a $2 million loan. Founder Joseph Vaughan responded that Berry's misrepresentations over his book of business caused the firm to incur $10 million in litigation funding loans.
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By ALM Staff | May 30, 2024
This ruling was selected and summarized by the New York Law Journal's decision editors.
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By Dan Packel | May 23, 2024
Skadden served as deal counsel for an investment giant that had previously funded claims against a firm client. Such tensions may grow even more common as multistrategy investors look for new opportunities.
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By Amanda O'Brien | April 25, 2024
"The debtor is not a going concern, and its proposed plan will not maximize the value of the estate," U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Patricia Mayer said in an opinion.
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By Charles Toutant | April 25, 2024
The defendants "received payments totaling $31,650 while their suits were pending, and in the event of a breach of contract Legal Bay is entitled to three times that amount, plus attorney's fees and expenses," the suit states.
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By Amanda O'Brien | April 24, 2024
The firm acknowledged expected difficulties in convincing creditors to confirm its bankruptcy plan.
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By William Marra | April 17, 2024
The City Bar's recommendation is significant because it represents yet another high-profile body rejecting the U.S Chamber of Commerce's arguments regarding litigation funding, a guest columnist writes for the Law Journal.
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By Justin Henry | April 16, 2024
"The skillsets we were developing as associates were largely transferable," said Evan Meyerson, a former Paul Weiss associate who moved to Burford Capital. "A big part of litigation strategy is thinking about what the other side thinks about your case and the job at Burford is to think through these investments as a devil's advocate."
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By Justin Henry | April 12, 2024
A $40 million agreement between Quinn Emanuel and Longford Capital illustrates how law firms are seeking to make third-party finance more appealing to their clients.
5 minute read
By Amanda O'Brien | April 10, 2024
Third-party litigation funders Virage Capital and Jordan Litigation Funding pushed a judge Wednesday to dismiss the firm's Chapter 11 petition. Meanwhile, co-founder Andrew Sacks was absent from the hearing, purportedly dodging service of a subpoena from Virage.
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