Australia Weighs Capping Fees for Litigation Funders, Lawyers as Class Actions Surge May 28, 2021 By Paulina Duran SYDNEY – Australia is considering capping fees for litigation funders and lawyers, and guaranteeing a minimum rate of return for...
Investors Eye Windfall From Denied COVID-19 Insurance Claims February 12, 2021 By Jef Feeley and Lucca de Paoli A growing market niche where investors profit from others’ legal troubles is getting a boost from Covid. Distressed-investing funds and...
Litigation Funding Firm’s Profit Outlook Brightens on Coronavirus Disputes July 9, 2020 By Jackie Edwards Analysts have rapidly lifted their earnings forecasts for a global litigation financier on expectations that the pandemic could spark more...
Australia Clamps Down on Litigation Funders Following Surge in Class Action Lawsuits May 22, 2020 The Australian government is tightening regulatory scrutiny of wealthy litigation funders, clamping down on the industry following a surge in...
Litigation Financing Emerges as Alternative Asset Class for Wealthy Investors August 29, 2018 By Emily Cadman When shares of AMP Ltd. plunged earlier this year after the firm was engulfed in a fee-for-no-service scandal, the Australian...
Soros Sees Mighty Big Gains in Investment Portfolios Made Out of Lawsuits June 27, 2018 By Miles Weiss The billionaire George Soros has found a new way to make money from personal-injury lawsuits. Soros Fund Management is pushing...
How to Get Really Rich Off Litigation Financing: Viewpoint June 12, 2018 By Chris Bryant, Bloomberg Opinion Top corporate lawyers can take home millions of dollars a year, but until recently it was all but impossible for...
Investors in Litigation Financing Target Commercial Auto October 31, 2017 By Denise Johnson Investor-funded litigation is not new but it is expanding its reach in commercial auto cases, according to experts in the...
Pelvic Mesh Maker Alleges Doctors, Lawyers, Litigation Funders Schemed to Inflate Damage Claims May 23, 2016 By Alison Frankel and Jessica Dye American Medical Systems, a major defendant in litigation over controversial vaginal mesh devices, is accusing “a pyramid of businessmen, doctors...
Injury Claims Become Commodities with Litigation Funding, Claim Aggregation October 26, 2015 By Paul Barrett For all the black robes and ceremony, the American legal system often operates more like a factory assembly line than...