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Sometimes there is a “tradeoff” to entering an alternative fee arrangements. And sometimes that tradeoff results in a failure to maximize the value of the litigation claims.

One of the key benefits for those who seek funding from Bentham IMF is the experience offered by its team of highly skilled litigation experts.

In our final installment, we will review key terms to take into consideration when faced with the all-important funding agreement.

Our third installment of this four-part blog series on how to get a case funded will focus on the do-or-die moment for an investment: the diligence process.

The benefits of working with Bentham include less obvious advantages that improve a claimant’s chances for litigation success.

Seeking litigation finance for your company or client? Here’s what you need to know before signing a term sheet.

In the first of this four-part series, find out what to look for in partnering with a litigation financier and why entering into an NDA is of utmost importance.

A pending decision from SCOTUS on the constitutionality of inter partes review could change the patent litigation landscape. With the underlying nature of IP at the heart of the case, here’s what you need to know.

Alternative litigation financing is regulated in the UK and Wales through the Code of Conduct of the Association of Litigation Funders of England and Wales. In the US, the commercial financing industry is newer and so far, the commercial litigation funders have not yet established a formal association. Bentham suggests that guiding principles would help assure claimholders, lawyers, and the courts of the solidarity and moral compass of a U.S. association of commercial litigation funders.

Bentham’s investment can assist oil and gas industry companies that are considering or have filed for bankruptcy.

Litigation funding can provide a highly effective way to increase revenue without compromising the bottom line at law firms and corporations.

Learn more about the ways smaller companies and their counsel use litigation funding to their advantage.

Once again, the work product doctrine has been affirmed as a shield against the production of documents shared with litigation finance firms.

For those looking to launch a litigation boutique firm, a primary concern is how to cover initial overhead expenses without personally acquiring mountains of debt. Here’s how portfolio funding can help.

Learn more about the ways that litigation finance can help management committees create value for their firms and clients

ABCs are an increasingly common choice for insolvent companies looking to liquidate assets without going through the traditional Chapter 7 or 11 bankruptcy process.

In this Debtwire podcast, Bentham IMF’s Dave Kerstein, along with Morgan Lewis’ Ed Smith and James Moore, discuss financing litigation in the distressed space.

Most startups facing bet-the-company IP litigation will need experienced counsel and resources to survive.

What a difference a phrase makes. How the removal of "under this chapter" by Congress in its 2011 amendments to 28 U.S.C. section 1391 caused SCOTUS to limit a patent holder’s choice of venue to the defendants’ place of incorporation in TC Heartland LLC v. Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC.

Bentham IMF frequently receives litigation funding inquiries from companies of all sizes facing potentially enterprise-endangering trade secret theft.