Litigation Funding

Variety Fuels Billion-Dollar Litigation Finance Funds Of Tomorrow

Litigation funding is an unsettled environment, and there's plenty of room for innovation and new ideas.

Tort Reform And The Litigation Finance Business

As Republicans take control, let's consider how tort reform would affect the growing litigation finance industry.

Daniel Katz Launches Fin [Legal] Tech

It’s a big challenge to organize a day-long legal technology conference—but it’s not every day that organizers find themselves competing with five million people pouring into their venue. The inaugural Fin [Legal] Tech conference, held November 4 at the Chicago-Kent College of Law/Illinois Institute of Technology, started at 7:30 a.m.—as planes, trains, cars and feet […]

Forget Where’s The Beef? Where Is The Alpha?!

What is "attribution analysis," and why do lawyers need to know about it?

Contingent Value Rights Offer A Model for Litigation Finance

As litigation finance continues to evolve, new models of valuation will be required in order to help expand the market.

Litigation Finance: What Lawyers Need To Know

Litigation finance is on the rise, so now's a good time to educate yourself.

UK High Court Affirms Arbitral Ruling That Party Can Recover Litigation Finance Costs

For prevailing parties in arbitrations who hope to recover the costs of litigation financing, the old adage “it never hurts to ask” may apply.

Finance And Law: Litigation Finance ETFs

Exchange-traded funds could address litigation finance's problem of a limited investor base.

Finance And Law: First Salvos On Litigation Funding Disclosure

How should litigation funders feel about courts compelling disclosure of their roles in cases?

Finance And Law: Returns To Litigation Finance Investments

Returns to litigation finance appear to be extraordinarily high, but options for investing are limited.

Non-Sequiturs: 06.17.16

* A plea to strike down Mississippi's "Protecting Freedom of Conscience from Government Discrimination Act," which gives special privileges to opponents of gay marriage. [Bloomberg View] * Not every litigation financier is Peter Thiel, and I think we are all pretty happy about that. [Wall Street Journal] * What can Judge Maryanne Trump Barry teach her brother about the federal judiciary? [Real Clear Politics] * Musings on why some law firms still haven't matched the Cravath pay bump. [Law and More] * These are the facts people need to know about gun laws. [Slate] * This is what estate planning attorneys wished you knew about death and dying. [Forbes]

Finance And Law: How Does Litigation Finance Influence Attorneys?

Does turning to litigation finance make good lawyers better, or does it make all lawyers worse at their job?