A rising demand for litigation funding from law firms and litigants, coupled with a surge in outside investment into the industry, has fueled the rapid expansion of the U.S. litigation finance market.
In part 2 of our Friday Funding series, New York Investment Manager Jim Batson explains how law firms and claimants can benefit from utilizing litigation funding for working capital.
This week, Bentham Canada received its 200th request for litigation funding. The vast majority of our inquiries have been for single cases, but there is a growing interest in portfolio funding
Earlier this year, the influential U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California grappled with whether civil litigants should be forced to disclose litigation funding in any case.
IMF Bentham's Laura Maytom, explains key elements of an opinion published by the Centre for Policy Development, on the obligations of company directors to disclose climate change risks.
In the first of this 6-part video series by Lawline, Bentham IMF’s Jim Batson participates on a panel discussion with Professor Brad Wendel of Cornell Law School and Evan Fried, a Principal at Greybridge Capital LLC.
Litigation funding is quickly emerging as an indispensable tool in every lawyer’s toolkit. Yet, as a former senior Bay Street associate, I know that many people you work with may still be unfamiliar with litigation funding.
Litigation funding can provide claimants and their lawyers with the resources necessary to avoid making adverse decisions that can reduce the value of their claims and prematurely end meritorious cases.
IMF Bentham has made a submission to the Victorian Law Reform Commission's Inquiry into litigation funding and class actions. IMF's response addresses the issues raised on regulation of funders and contingency fees.
IMF Bentham’s General Counsel Jeremy Sambrook discussed the impact of litigation funding on Directors’ and Officers’ (D&O) insurance at the AON Advanced Risk Conference 2017 in Melbourne.
On 10 October, IMF Bentham’s Oliver Gayner discussed trends in third-party funding alongside the President of the NSW Court of Appeal, as part of a panel at the International Bar Association's Annual Conference in Sydney.
During the last 16 years, Bentham IMF has been involved in the growth of third-party litigation funding in commercial litigation hot spots around the globe.
ABC's Four Corners aired an investigation into "one of the biggest environmental scandals in Australian history" on Monday 9 October. The investigation highlights the extent of the chemical contamination problems at Oakey, Williamtown and Katherine.
Blowing the whistle on fraudulent conduct doesn’t have to mean sacrificing your financial security. Learn how Bentham IMF’s non-recourse financing can help.
An asset management approach to litigation allows law firm partners to spend less time worrying about how to cover legal expenses and more time doing what they do best: being lawyers.
IMF Bentham has announced the launch of two further investment vehicles, worth a combined A$150 million, to fund future cases and investments in Australia, Asia, Canada and Europe.
Litigation funding and litigation insurance are sometimes compared as ways to help litigants reduce their risk when bringing contingency fee-based claims.
