Stay on top of regulatory updates taking place throughout various jurisdictions across the globe.

The UK’s collective redress regime has received significant attention for its positive developments in recent years, and particularly for the involvement of litigation funders in supporting collective claims against large…

Whilst the current collective action regime has been viewed as a net positive for law firms and litigation funders in the UK, there are outside observers who argue that the…

Following last year’s release of the Voss Report and its recommendations for further regulation of litigation funding within the European Union, there has been much discussion over the individual proposals…

As LFJ reported earlier this week, the calls for tighter regulation of litigation funding in the US based on the claim that it threatens national security have continued to grow…

Whilst the involvement of major industry-leading litigation funders is widely publicized, outside of these household names are a wide range of investment firms that are keen to take part in…

Criticisms of third-party litigation funding of patent disputes have focused on the perceived lack of transparency and oversight, with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce going so far as to suggest…

As LFJ covered earlier this month, a new report by RPX found that patent litigation driven by Non-Practicing Entities (NPEs) saw a dramatic decline in volume in the first quarter…

As intellectual property and patent litigation remain among the most active areas of interest for litigation funders, industry leaders will be watching carefully to see how the regulatory and oversight…

Many insurers claim that litigation funding is a major contributor to so-called ‘nuclear settlements’, which are large settlements and damages awards that are based on intangible factors. However, a new…

As litigation finance continues to expand worldwide, political factions look to regulate the sector. New guidance from the European Parliament aims to foster “responsible private funding of litigation.”  Read More…

The Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) recent report into the litigation finance industry was viewed by some as a promising start to wider acknowledgement and acceptance of the practice, whilst others…

Validity Finance, one of the largest private commercial litigation funders in the United States, today announced that it has been awarded Certified B Corporation™ (B Corp) status. This recognition acknowledges Validity’s accountability to its stakeholders, including employees, investors, clients, and the communities in which it operates. Since its founding, Validity has been a purpose-driven organization focused on funding meritorious litigation as a corrective measure for an unbalanced legal system, and its new B Corp status reflects this commitment.

The viability of third-party litigation funding relies on the ability of funders to ensure that if their funded case reaches a successful conclusion, they will be able to secure an…

As we saw earlier this week, efforts by individual U.S. courts and judges to mandate increased disclosure requirements for third-party litigation funding continues to generate fierce debate. Echoing prior critiques…

At a recent litigation funding conference, much time was devoted to the potential implications of the EU’s Representative Actions Directive (RAD) being implemented by member states later this year. One…

The following piece was contributed by Valerie Blacker, commercial litigator focusing on funded litigation, and Amelia Atkinson, litigation and dispute resolution lawyer at Piper Alderman.

Strata Voting Pty Ltd (In Liq) v Axios IT Pty Ltd and Anor[1] is a funded single plaintiff action. It involved a recent examination of the Court’s power to prevent a lawyer from acting in proceedings for a conflict of interest. The authors represented Strata Voting in its successful defense of the restraint application.

The end of 2022 saw many industry headlines dominated by the ongoing stories of fights in patent infringement lawsuits between plaintiffs and a District Court judge in Delaware, primarily focused…

As we saw earlier this month at Brown Rudnick’s European Litigation Funding conference, competition litigation and collective actions are top of mind for funders in the UK and Europe. The…

Whilst patent litigation is one of the most prominent and active areas that litigation funders are involved in, it is also the sector that attracts the most criticism from those…

At last week’s European Litigation Funding Conference, a session dedicated to UK collective actions generated much discussion over the possibilities on the horizon for such cases, particularly those at the…

At last week’s litigation funding conference held by Brown Rudnick, the topic of collective actions in the UK generated an interesting discussion, with panelists noting that the upcoming Supreme Court…

The issue of disclosure is once again front and center in a patent litigation suit. In the US District Court for the District of New Jersey, the identities of the…

Critics of the litigation funding industry have intensified efforts to lobby the federal government to more heavily regulate the practice in recent months, buoyed by examples of courts mandating increased…

Many industry observers, surveys and reports have found that ESG litigation and particularly climate litigation will continue to grow as a dominant force in the legal landscape, and there will…

In December of last year, the GAO published its report on third-party litigation finance, detailing the current trends and characteristics of the industry in the U.S. The report aimed to…

As LFJ recently reported, despite the gradual relaxation of rules around Alternative Business Structures (ABS) for law firm ownerships in some states, we have yet to see a wider adoption…

The development of technology and media channels the support law firms connecting with potential plaintiffs has made it easier than ever to launch mass torts. In combination with the growing…

The following article was contributed by Valerie Blacker, a commercial litigator focusing on funded litigation, and John Speer, a lawyer in the Dispute Resolution and Litigation Team at Piper Alderman.

While large class actions receive the lion’s share of media attention, litigation financiers also regularly fund litigation involving a single plaintiff. Given that solicitors are required to maintain professional indemnity insurance, they can be, in instances of negligence, an attractive prospect for financiers: they are well-resourced and have the capacity to satisfy any judgment awarded against them.

As the European Union considers proposals for enhanced regulation and oversight of third-party litigation funding on the continent, there has been much speculation that the UK’s litigation finance industry could…

In recent years, we have experienced the relaxation of rules governing ownership of law firms in a small number of states, beginning with Utah in 2020 and Arizona in 2021….