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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 Amy Guthrie | April 4, 2023
Burford Capital could see a payout in the billions of U.S. dollars after backing a moonshot case for investors burned by Argentina's nationalization of oil company YPF.
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By Anne Bagamery | March 6, 2023
As Europe opens its arms, cautiously, to mass litigation and class actions, litigation funders are seeing opportunity—and ramping up their plans to seize it.
4 minute read
By Rose Walker | February 24, 2023
The London Lawyer Briefing: Honesty goes a long way in this industry, as a few refreshing interviews this week have shown.
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By Becky Pritchard | February 23, 2023
The Competition Appeal Tribunal has gone from being a backwater to being a major centre for modern disputes, hearing cases that could generate billions in legal fees. But an in-depth analysis by Law.com International has found many are unhappy with the new world, saying the ultimate beneficiaries are not the claimants.
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By Charlotte Johnstone | February 15, 2023
The £5 billion claim is one of many competition-related group actions being brought in the UK.
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By Peter Shaw-Smith | February 7, 2023
While the firm does not claim first-mover advantage in the region, it believes the litigation funding market there is far from saturated.
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By Charlotte Johnstone | January 9, 2023
Two pieces of research have highlighted the rapid growth of group actions in the UK.
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By Jack Womack | January 5, 2023
The recruiter report said law firm hiring had remained 'surprisingly robust', but warned of the impact of rising global interest rates in 2023.
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By Becky Pritchard | December 21, 2022
Many of the highest profile group action claims in the UK in recent years have been against US companies.
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By Christine Schiffner | December 8, 2022
Despite a Dec. 25 law that promises to open up the EU class action framework, U.S. firms face hurdles to expanding globally if they don't have the backing of funders and local firms.
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By Emily Cousins | September 12, 2023
The defendant said if the court enforced the ketubah, it would "violate the establishment clause by entangling the trial court in religious matters," the opinion said.
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By Amanda O'Brien | September 12, 2023
Virage Capital asserts that the two partners at the bankrupt Philadelphia firm have been misusing collateral pledged to a 2017 loan that's now in arrears.
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By Jack Womack | July 26, 2023
The country's top court has ruled that damages based agreements by litigation funders in competition cases are unenforceable.
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By Adolfo Pesquera | July 24, 2023
"Emboldened by the Tribunal's Award, Burford has demanded that Sysco withdraw the stay motions it has filed in the underlying antitrust litigations and initiate an entirely new lawsuit against a number of Sysco's key suppliers," the U.S. Chamber of Commerce said.
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By Paul Hodkinson | July 20, 2023
Christopher Bogart says it is a 'tragedy' that the UK legal regulator has caused the country to miss the opportunities of market liberalization reforms.
4 minute read
By Mark Eveland | July 13, 2023
The Texas Two-Step is a bankruptcy process in which a solvent corporation spins off certain liabilities into a new and undercapitalized subsidiary and then has the subsidiary declare bankruptcy.
10 minute read
By Deborah Stambaugh | June 23, 2023
Litigation is costly. Even when extraordinary results are achieved, clients often feel a lingering sting from the expense of lost time and money. There are ways to reduce the sting. Here are six cost-saving strategies that litigation counsel can share with clients.
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By Hugo Guzman | June 23, 2023
"Law firms want to be sticky with their clients, and companies are increasingly narrowing down who they work with to add more favorable terms with a select group of firms," according to an in-house attorney surveyed by Burford Capital.
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By Jeff Newton | June 22, 2023
Plaintiffs and their counsel should not let optimism at the outset of a case distract them from considering, and planning for, a scenario where the defendant cannot or will not pay.
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By Vincent J. Montalto | June 6, 2023
Today, there is a not-often-enough adopted opportunity to increase the profitability of legal departments—third-party funding or litigation funding. It is not necessarily new, with roots going back decades, but its place in commercial litigation is now emerging.
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