Litigation finance is growing in prominence in the legal industry, embraced not just by lawyers but also increasingly by courts…
The role of third-party funding in international arbitrations is on the rise, in both common and civil law jurisdictions. Lake…
In our last post, we examined how state law has addressed litigation finance, reviewing key cases in four states. We…
At Lake Whillans, we frequently field questions about the legal issues surrounding litigation finance. One question that frequently comes up…
Counsel who have not been through the process of raising litigation funding often have questions about the risks of disclosing…
The potential benefits of litigation funding are increasingly well-known to litigators and in-house counsel. But until you have been through…
In Part I of this double post, we reviewed some of the key issues raised in the American Bar Association…
In August 2020, the American Bar Association released its Best Practices for Third-Party Litigation Funding. In this Part I of…
Much of the discussion of litigation finance naturally focuses on the underwriting phase of the funding process. We’ve written previously…
In its early days (not so long ago), litigation finance entailed a straightforward proposition. A claimholder with a meritorious claim,…