Delaware’s Supreme Court Shifts Fees to Losers 

By John Freund |

The state of Delaware is home to some of the world’s largest corporate entities. New designs to litigation funding agreements are beginning to include provisions for the losing parties’ financial responsibility in covering some (if not all) of the case costs). Delaware’s Supreme Court has stopped short of billing losing parties for state costs associated with facilitating trial. All this, part of a new Supreme Court decision out of Delaware, in Shareholder Representative Services LLC (“SRS”) v. Shire US Holdings, Inc. (“Shire”).

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Lord Macdonald: Sub-Postmasters’ Rights to Claim Additional Compensation “Would Be Extinguished” by Litigation Funding Bill

By John Freund |

The state of Delaware is home to some of the world’s largest corporate entities. New designs to litigation funding agreements are beginning to include provisions for the losing parties’ financial responsibility in covering some (if not all) of the case costs). Delaware’s Supreme Court has stopped short of billing losing parties for state costs associated with facilitating trial. All this, part of a new Supreme Court decision out of Delaware, in Shareholder Representative Services LLC (“SRS”) v. Shire US Holdings, Inc. (“Shire”).

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£25M Settlement Agreement Reached in South Western Trains ‘Boundary Fares’ Claim

By John Freund |

The state of Delaware is home to some of the world’s largest corporate entities. New designs to litigation funding agreements are beginning to include provisions for the losing parties’ financial responsibility in covering some (if not all) of the case costs). Delaware’s Supreme Court has stopped short of billing losing parties for state costs associated with facilitating trial. All this, part of a new Supreme Court decision out of Delaware, in Shareholder Representative Services LLC (“SRS”) v. Shire US Holdings, Inc. (“Shire”).

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Italian Supreme Court Provides Ruling on Registration Requirements for Litigation Funders

By John Freund |

The state of Delaware is home to some of the world’s largest corporate entities. New designs to litigation funding agreements are beginning to include provisions for the losing parties’ financial responsibility in covering some (if not all) of the case costs). Delaware’s Supreme Court has stopped short of billing losing parties for state costs associated with facilitating trial. All this, part of a new Supreme Court decision out of Delaware, in Shareholder Representative Services LLC (“SRS”) v. Shire US Holdings, Inc. (“Shire”).

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