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Commercial Litigation Funding and Social Inflation: A Non-Sequitur

Voices in the insurance industry have recently called for the regulation of commercial litigation funding on the ground that it is "a key driver of social inflation." Such calls to action lack ...

An Innovator’s Journey: From Star Litigator to Litigation Finance

For as long as he can remember, Chris Bogart has been interested in the law. As a schoolkid growing up in Toronto, Canada, he enjoyed the thrill of debating, articulating and defending his ideas ...

State High Court Slams Insurer for Forum Shopping in Opioid Case

The West Virginia Supreme Court has decided that a trial court has the authority to reach across the continent and halt an insurance carrier's litigation in California, a move that could affect other ...

Push for Litigation Funding Disclosure Grows

The privacy once enjoyed by investors who finance other people's lawsuits was rarely questioned before Hulk Hogan brought a media spotlight onto the niche industry after winning a $140 million jury ...

Senators Probe Litigation Funding

Hedge funds have been speculating on lawsuits, a new form of financial engineering that some business interests say encourages wasteful courtroom warfare. Now two top Republican senators—Chuck ...

Third-Party Litigation Funding Appears On Rise But Who Really Knows?

While third-party litigation funding has just started to grab headlines in the United States, the funding method has been used in Europe for some time. People in the United States didn't see a need ...