Category Archives: Legal Innovation
Coinbase Funds Lawsuit Challenging United States Treasury Department on Crypto Privacy and Innovation
Brian Armstrong (CEO and Co-Founder of Coinbase) recently announced litigation funding of a new lawsuit that questions the integrity of the United States Treasury’s sanctions of Tornado Cash privacy software. Coinbase’s litigation investment aims to vindicate six individuals who were added to the United States’ sanctions list as part of banning Tornado Cash. …
ILFA’s Gary Barnett Discusses the State of the Litigation Funding Sector
Despite an uncertain economic climate, and investors remaining understandably cautious about how they’re investing their capital, litigation finance continues to remain a strong alternative asset class for investors looking to escape broader market turbulence. For long-time industry leaders, the state of the industry is one of opportunity, as third-party funding is seeing wider adoption across…
The Benefits of Data-Driven Litigation
Just as other industries have been enhanced by the evolution of technology and particularly data-driven processes, litigators also have the potential to benefit from drawing on a wealth of data to maximize successful outcomes in their work….
LegalTech Fund Invests in Settlement Analysis Platform
One of the central tenets of litigation funding is the importance of risk management and analysis not only during case selection, but further down the road when counsel must weigh the benefits and drawbacks of settlement. Whilst law firms bring their significant weight of experience and expertise to bear when evaluating settlement options during dispute resolution, the ability to pinpoint the exact right moment and terms under which to settle is always a challenge.
Litigators Must Adapt to New Ways of Working post-Covid
The impact of the Covid pandemic has been wide-ranging across the legal industry, and in a fundamental sense, has reshaped the ways in which everyday proceedings are carried out. This is especially true for litigation where matters that would have required hours of in-person attendance, in addition to travel, can now be carried out more…
Digital Freedom Fund’s Strategic Litigation Toolkit
The Digital Freedom Fund offers capital for legal and other expenses associated with technological liberties. As digital rights heat up (for example, with crypto technology) it is a safe bet litigation will shape the broader economy. Henceforth, the Digital Freedom Fund has collated a new library of tools to help those looking for strategic funding….
UK Legal Tech Firm Spins Out Funding Operation
Alongside new regional funders starting up in the UK, some fintech companies are looking to strengthen their position by spinning off their litigation funding divisions into separate entities. Most recently, ME Group has spun out its funding operation, ME Litigation Funding, which is now owned by CC Capital….
AxiaFunder Sees Early Success with New Portfolio Offering
The UK litigation finance industry is seeing an expansion of market players, as many newer funding platforms are finding success offering a wide array of products for investors. This has been demonstrated most recently by AxiaFunder, which has announced that after launching its Housing Disrepair (HDR) product in July, it has already begun to execute…
Litigation Funding Levels the Playing Field in Patent Infringement
When it comes to patent infringement, the balance of power has been so heavily in the favour of companies doing the infringing, that many do not fear any sort of reprisal and will often choose to eschew paying for the license. Having courts invalidate patents, and the lack of damages that can actually be gained…
$200M Bitcoin – USDT Protection Fund Announced
With the global innovation pace of digital assets, innovative vehicles are being engaged that serve many of the same purposes of traditional litigation finance products. For example, BitGet has coordinated a “protection fund” that mimics a hybrid BTE – ATE insurance instrument to safeguard user deposits. …
