Top attorneys are moving to law firms that invest in corporate legal disputes, a part of the industry that just a few short years ago was largely unknown. According to a recent Wall Street Journal article written by Sara Randazzo, litigation finance firms are raising hundreds of millions of dollars and staffing up to put
While investor-funded litigation can be tracked as far back as ancient times, the expansion into commercial automobile cases is new according to industry experts. Denise Johnson wrote a recent article touching on this exact subject that appeared on ClaimsJournal.com just a few months ago. According to Johnson, panelists at the 2017 Risk Management Summit in
The U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform, an affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, made headway toward its goal of transparency around third-party litigation funding arrangements when it submitted a letter on June 1, 2017, to the U.S. Courts Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure requesting a nationwide disclosure requirement for third-party litigation
Peter Drucker once stated that, “Trying to predict the future is like trying to drive down a country road at night with no lights while looking out the back window.” While it may be impossible to predict the future, Law360 just recently published an expert analysis column written by, Ralph J. Sutton, Chief Investment Officer