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'Move over, please?' Law Firms Get a Seat at the Litigation Finance Table
James Blick and Erika Levin write: Whatever you may think about litigation finance, funders are out there and they are finding good quality, high-value cases in which to invest and charging big returns on the winners. But if litigation finance is booming, then why too aren't law firm profits, buoyed up by a rising tide of contingency fee revenue?
Litigation Funder Longford Raises $500M as Industry Stays Flush
Longford Capital Management LP on Monday announced the latest headline figure in the litigation finance industry. Longford said it raised $500 million for a second fund that will dwarf the initial $56.5 million fund that the Chicago-based firm raised three years ago.
Longtime Financial Services In-House Attorney Joins Burford Capital as GC
Mark Klein is moving to the litigation financing firm.
Legalist, AI-Based Lit Funder, Hires Its First Lawyer
Curtis Smolar, an all-round business litigator with expertise in copyright and trademark law, joined Legalist as its general counsel late last month.
Legalist, AI-Based Lit Funder, Hires Its First Lawyer
Curtis Smolar will help navigate the company through regulatory requirements and help assess the value of cases it invests in.
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A Half-Billion Dollar Bet: Burford Director Dishes on Lit Funding Industry's Future
The litigation finance industry is heating up in the U.S. as new funders enter the market and hire away Big Law attorneys to fill…
Litigation Finance: The New Big Law Exit?
The burgeoning litigation finance industry is drawing Big Law defectors in droves.
Woodsford Shakes Up Phila. Litigation Funding Scene
The newest litigation funder in town is operating on a different scale than others in Philadelphia and could signal a new era for litigators in the city using third-party financing.
Burford Claims Almost Half of $324M Argentina Arbitration Win
Litigation funder Burford Capital has announced a win in one of its earliest investments in an international arbitration, saying in a release over the weekend that it stands to take home roughly $140 million from a $324 million recovery against the government of Argentina.
Burford Claims Almost Half of $324M Argentina Arbitration Win
The company announced that it stands to take home roughly $140 million from aninvestment in a case brought on behalf of Spanish investors in two Argentinean airlines.Trending Stories
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