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Half of $17B Litigation Funding ‘Industry’ Money Spent in the U.S.: Swiss Re

Litigation funding has become a $17 billion industry globally, with 52 percent of that money being spent in the United States, Swiss Re said in a report released Thursday. The reinsurer said ...

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 ...

Growing Risk for SME Insurers: Duty to Defend Cats

Until recently, there was a relative lull in new mass tort events in the United States. This led to a sense among insurers that mass litigation was no longer the looming threat that it was in the ...

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 ...