Category Archives: Public
Stellium’s Anthony Johnson Launches New Website
Anthony Johnson launched a new thought leadership website based on customer feedback on December 7, 2023.
Key Takeaways from LFJ’s Digital Event: Legal Tech and LitFin
On December 6th, 2023, Litigation Finance Journal produced its final event of the year: Legal Tech and LitFin: How Will Tech Impact Litigation Finance Globally?
Tets Ishikawa moderated an insightful and pertinent discussion on the use of legal tech in the litigation finance industry. Panelists included Nick Rowles-Davies (NRD), Founder of Lexolent, Isabel Yang (IY), Founder of Arbilex, and Joshua Masia (JM), Co-Founder and CEO of Dealbridge.ai.
Triple-I: Plaintiffs Should Disclose Third-Party Funding Arrangements
Ohio’s defendants should know whether a third-party litigation funding firm is financing a lawsuit against them, the Insurance Information Institute’s (Triple-I) chief insurance officer, Dale Porfilio said, in testimony today before the state Senate’s Judiciary Committee.
Odyssey Marine Exploration Secures Additional Capital as it Pursues NAFTA Claim Against Mexico
As litigation funders are keen to regularly emphasise, third-party financing is not only useful to directly support a company’s legal claims, it is also a valuable tool to allow the business to continue its operations unhindered whilst pursuing meritorious litigation.
An LFJ Conversation with Geoffrey White, General Counsel and Chief IP Counsel, SilcoTek
Geoffrey White is General Counsel, Chief IP Counsel, and on the Board of Directors at SilcoTek, a high-tech materials science manufacturing company in the United States. At SilcoTek, Geoffrey balances his role as an attorney, an IP strategist, and a manufacturing executive. He also separately launched Innovative Product (IP) Manufacturing to help commercialize and monetize more innovative ideas (see www.IP-mfg.com).
Member Spotlight: Maros Kravec
Maros founded LitFin in 2018 after spending several years as a business director of a successful property development company in Manchester, the United Kingdom. As LitFin’s managing partner, Maros handles its day-to-day activities, business strategy and investments. Lately, his primary focus revolves around LitFin SICAV, a recently established fully-regulated fund, perhaps the first of its kind within the EU area focused on the litigation finance industry.
Legal-Bay Legal Funding Announces Dedication to Legal Malpractice Case Funding
Legal-Bay LLC, The Lawsuit Pre-Settlement Funding Company, announced today that they have expanded their branch dedicated to various types of Legal Malpractice Cases. As an industry leader in legal funding and lawsuit funding with various types of lawsuits, Legal-Bay is one of the go-to funders in the legal malpractice arena. This is due to the lawsuit settlement funding company’s expertise and success in helping both law firms and clients obtain the resources they need to fight and win their cases.
Armadillo Litigation Funding Announces Additional $250 Million in Lending Capacity
Armadillo Litigation Funding, LLC (together with its affiliates, “Armadillo”) is pleased to announce that it has secured an additional $250 million in lending capacity. This $250 million, when combined with Armadillo’s existing lending capacity, brings Armadillo’s total available lending capacity to over $630 million. In March 2022, Armadillo announced that it had raised $750 million of which $446 million has been deployed in 20 loans, not including an additional $150 million in Armadillo led third party syndications.
LITFINCON Expands Its Horizon: Announcing LITFINCON Los Angeles in 2024
Siltstone Capital is thrilled to bring LITFINCON to 90210. LITFINCON, the leading litigation finance summit held annually in Houston, Texas, brings together global legal and financial experts to discuss innovations, strategies, trends, and emerging opportunities in the growing ecosystem of litigation finance. This event also stands as the premier platform for networking and sharing insights in the litigation finance space.
Woodsford Funds £Multibillion Claim Filed Against Sony Group
The UK specialist competition court has today certified the legal claim brought by consumer rights expert Alex Neill, on behalf of 8.9 million Playstation customers
