Tag Archives: Lake Whillans
The 2022 Litigation Finance Report
For five years (est. 2017), Lake Willians and Above the Law have surveyed legal professionals to glean their perspectives on the litigation finance industry. The 2022 Litigation Finance Report profiles graphs and charts depicting a robust litigation investment marketplace that is growing with exponential returns. …
The Attorney’s Litigation Finance Lexicon Handbook
As the global litigation finance industry flourishes, new phrases, old phrases and modified legal vernacular are molding new products and services. This, as litigation investors build legacy franchises. As industry innovation continues exponentially, it is key for attorneys to have a model guide or handbook to familiarize themselves with conversational industry terms. …
Delaware’s Supreme Court Shifts Fees to Losers
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…
2021 Legal Finance Survey Shows Uptick in Relevance
For the last five years, Lake Whillans and Above The Law have joined forces on a survey detailing the awareness and favorability of third-party legal funding. This year represents the first finding since the onset of COVID as a global emergency. Overall, it found that the percentage of respondents who had first-hand experience with TPF…
Lake Whillans Releases 2019 Litigation Finance Survey
Lake Whillans has released the findings from its annual litigation finance survey. The funder questioned 357 respondents ranging from solo practitioners to members of large law firms to in-house counsel, and aggregated their thoughts on the growing industry of third party funding….
Ex-Litigator Discusses Transition from Big Law to Litigation Funding
Three years ago, Marla Decker was a Senior Associate at Cleary Gottlieb. She left that enviable position to undertake the risk of becoming the first full-time employee at Lake Whillans, an upstart US-based litigation funder. Today, Lake Whillans is one of the premier funding entities in the nation, having recently raised $125MM and being named one…
