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.
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.
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.”
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
Litigation funding and litigation insurance are sometimes compared as ways to help litigants reduce their risk when bringing contingency fee-based claims.
The U.S. Chamber again seeks to amend the FRCP to allow for automatic disclosure of litigation funding agreements. In our response, we explain why their request should be denied by the Rules Committee.
Litigation funding can provide lawyers and law firms with an effective alternative to one of the thorniest business challenges they may face — the billable hour.
