IMF Bentham chairs University of NSW panel on Competing Class Actions
IMF Bentham will join UNSW to examine key issues around Class Actions at an upcoming CLE seminar in March. Tickets are now available.
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California Courts Gave Commercial Litigation Funding the Seal of Approval Over 25 Years Ago
The proliferation of litigation funding in recent years has caused some to question whether it should be allowed. However, the reality is that California courts settled that question more than 25 years ago.
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2017 Litigation Funding Year in Review
Lexology article authored by Bentham IMF’s John Harabedian discusses notable legal decisions impacting litigation funding in 2017.
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2018 Litigation Forecast: Will SCOTUS Transform Patent Review?
As the new year dawns, SCOTUS ponders the administrative review process for patents at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
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Are You Being Proactive or Reactive to Your Client's Needs?
In a profession that is notorious for being resistant to change, this survey is a yearly reminder of what in-house counsel deem important as well as a guide of how to tweak your approach to meet client needs.
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Friday Funding Series: Be the Best Counselor You Can Be by Giving Your Clients More Financing Options
If you’re not presenting this financing option to your clients, are you really being the best counselor you can be?
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Investors Take Notice of Litigation Funders’ Expertise and Successes, Driving Interest in the Asset Class
As the Wall Street Journal reported, established funders have substantial capital, and a number of new investors and funding companies have been entering the market.
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Litigation Funding under Inquiry
IMF Bentham will seek to assist the Australian Law Reform Commission inquiry into third-party funding and class action proceedings.
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Friday Funding Series: Litigation Funding as a Corporate Finance Tool
Do you have all the necessary tools to stay competitive in today’s legal market? Read more to find out.
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2017 Roundtable: Bentham hosts top Canadian litigators to discuss how far litigation funding has come, and where it might go next
Long before opening in Canada, Bentham engaged with the Canadian legal community to understand the needs of litigants and law firms, and how litigation funding could best satisfy those needs.
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Ethical Litigation Funding in Texas
As the largest commercial litigation funding company in Texas, Bentham IMF is often asked by attorneys in the Lone Star State about specific ethics issues and their relation to funding.
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Litigators Point to Litigation Finance as a Useful and Important Option for Clients
Stevens & Lee P.C. attorneys Eric Robinson and Daniel Huyett urge litigators to discuss litigation finance in an article published by Law360 today, describing it as “a subject that litigators ignore at the risk of a client relationship.”
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Finding Funding in Three Simple Steps
The topic of litigation funding has graced the front pages of America’s legal journals and publications since its arrival in the U.S. marketplace.
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Friday Funding Series: Why the Demand for Litigation Funding Has Increased
What’s driving increased demand for litigation funding? Jim Batson explains in part 4 of our Friday Funding Series.
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Litigation Wary or Litigation Weary? Funding Can Help With Both.
Litigation funding can be a valuable tool in discussions with clients, both when exploring a legal claim and as an action progresses.
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Litigation Funders: Champions or Champertous?
How is litigation funding possible in states with active champerty statutes? We explain how it works in NY.
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Friday Funding Series: Portfolio Funding for Law Firms
How can law firms smooth cash flow while handling multiple cases on contingency? Jim Batson explains in segment 3 of Bentham’s Friday Funding Series.
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Companies Engaging a Wider Variety of Lawyers and Law Firms to Handle their Disputes, Survey Reveals
Norton Rose recently published the results of its 2017 litigation trends annual survey, which highlighted several trends that underscore the importance of managing disputes economically.
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How to get your case financed: basic investment criteria
IMF Bentham Investment Manager for Asia, Tom Glasgow, has outlined the basic investment criteria we use when considering a case for funding.
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How insolvency and restructuring professionals can use litigation funding to investigate and monetize litigation assets
In the World Bank’s recent Resolving Insolvency report, Canada ranked 11th worldwide for the recovery rate by secured creditors through reorganization, liquidation or debt enforcement.
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