Category Archives: Public
IMF Bentham teams with Boies Schiller Flexner to provide US$30M capital and legal representation to parties with Vietnamese cross-border disputes
Financial Poise™ Announces “Three Case Studies,” a New Webinar Premiering May 8th at 3:00 PM CST through West LegalEdcenter™
This webinar is co-produced by West LegalEdCenter™ and part of the “Commercial Litigation Funding 101” series. It will feature Jeremy Waitzman (Sugar Felsenthal Grais & Helsinger LLP); Evan Fried (Greybridge Capital LLC); Ken Epstein (Bentham IMF); and Joel Cohen (Stout).
As the legal funding market evolves, so too do the legal/ethical jurisprudence, strategic decisions inherent in utilizing funding, financial instruments used for funding, and nature of funder/funded relationship. In this webinar, a panel of experienced litigation funding professionals examine three live legal funding deals, and discuss how they impact considerations of (i) disclosure of litigation funding, (ii) fee-splitting and non-attorney ownership of law firms, and (iii) financial engineering of innovative funding deals.
SPONSORED POST: Segue Cloud Services Multi-Funding Case Study
The Following sponsored post was contributed by Segue Cloud Services.
The Challenge
Multi Funding USA is a pre-settlement finance provider that serves attorneys and their plaintiffs. The company has been serving clients for nearly a decade, providing millions of dollars in financial support in jurisdictions like New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Vermont, Texas, California, Florida, and Washington. Through its pre-settlement funding services, plaintiffs can access much needed funds during the often lengthy settlement process as they wait for their cases to be resolved. When a case concludes in favor of the plaintiff, Multi Funding recoups its investment at a preferred rate of return.
Vannin Capital Appoints Regional Managing Directors In Australasia
Vannin Capital, the global expert in legal finance, has today announced the appointment of Pip Murphy and Tom McDonald as Regional Managing Directors of the Australasia region.
Located in Vannin’s Melbourne and Sydney offices respectively, Pip and Tom will have joint responsibility for leading Vannin’s Australasian business and team, which includes Managing Directors Adam Silverman (commercial litigation and arbitration) and Steven Taylor (class actions and commercial litigation).
Validity Finance Expands Texas Presence with new Portfolio Counsel in Houston
NEW YORK (APRIL 9, 2019) – Further growing its presence in the important Texas legal market, Validity Finance announced the arrival of Wendie Childress, who joins the firm as portfolio counsel in the company’s Houston office.
Augusta Ventures Hires Leor Franks as Chief Marketing Officer
Augusta Ventures, which has been on a hiring binge lately, has brought on FTI Consulting’s Managing Director Leor Franks as its new Chief Marketing Officer.
First Annual DealFlow Event in NYC Brings Together Industry Participants and Potential Regulators
Last Thursday, DealFlow Events held their first annual Litigation Funding Forum in New York City. Industry participants gathered at the TKP Conference Center in midtown Manhattan to network and discuss the most pressing issues facing the industry today.
Center on Civil Justice at NYU School of Law Launches Dispute Financing Library
The Center on Civil Justice at NYU School of Law has launched a comprehensive digital library of documents relating the third-party litigation funding industry.
Montani semper liberi — “Mountaineers are Always Free”
This article was contributed by Eric Schuller, President of the Alliance for Responsible Consumer Legal Funding.
Montani semper liberi; “Mountaineers are Always Free” is the motto of the State of West Virginia, but apparently the motto only applies to a select group of Mountaineers. The Legislature of West Virginia passed – and the Governor signed into law – Senate Bill 360 which sets out to regulate Consumer Legal Funding in the state. Unfortunately, SB 360 is a set of meaningless regulations, given that the legislation implements rate restrictions on the Consumer Legal Funding Industry which restrict the product from even being offered to the citizens of the state. So in essence, SB 360 bans the product altogether.
Legal-Bay Pre Settlement Funding Announces Increased Focus on IVC Filter Cases
JERSEY CITY, N.J., March 26, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Legal-Bay LLC, The Pre Settlement Funding Company, announced today that they will be expanding their funding for IVC lawsuits, effectively immediately.
