by Josh Thompson | Mar 8, 2019 | Litigation Funding
March 7, 2019 The first episode in this series is titled “An Introduction to a New Yet Old Funding Alternative ” and is co-produced by West LegalEdCenter™. It will feature Jeremy Waitzman (Sugar Felsenthal Grais & Helsinger LLP); David Spiegel (GLS Capital, LLC);...
by Josh Thompson | Feb 27, 2019 | Litigation Funding
Investors see opportunity for outsized returns One of the latest focuses for the private equity market is real estate litigation. (Credit: iStock) Life insurance settlements and litigation finance are gaining steam in the private equity market, and some investors are...
by Josh Thompson | Feb 15, 2019 | Litigation Funding
February 15, 2019 A group of Republican Senators has reintroduced a bill that would mandate disclosure in class action and MDL contexts. The Senators first introduced the Litigation Funding Transparency Act (LFTA) last year, but it went nowhere. Now they are making...
by Josh Thompson | Feb 14, 2019 | Litigation Funding
Although it accounts for a significant amount of the capital invested in litigation, a lesser discussed aspect of litigation finance is what is known as “claim monetization.” By Dai Wai Chin Feman and Sean Thompson | February 14, 2019 at 12:15 PM In today’s race to...
by Josh Thompson | Feb 7, 2019 | Litigation Funding
Feb 7, 2019, 07:00am POST WRITTEN BY: Joseph Genovesi Joseph Genovesi is CEO of Balanced Bridge Funding a specialty finance and legal funding firm focused on accelerating slow-paying receivables Legal funding is a relatively new financing option for plaintiffs...