Third Party Litigation Funding (TPLF)

Third party litigation funding (TPLF) allows hedge funds and other financiers to invest in lawsuits in exchange for a percentage of any settlement or judgment. The practice started in Australia, expanded to Europe and the U.S., and is now spreading elsewhere. Without disclosure requirements and other commonsense safeguards, these funders may take over litigation and fuel unmeritorious lawsuits.

From the President's Desk: New Australian Report Is A Watershed Moment for TPLF Oversight

A new report has Australian policymakers poised to take bold action.

Blog From the President's Desk: New Australian Report Is A Watershed Moment for TPLF Oversight International Initiatives, Third Party Litigation Funding (TPLF)

Columns

Letters, Comments, Petitions ILR and LCJ submit a letter regarding TPLF to the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules Third Party Litigation Funding (TPLF)

News Australia Should Brace For An Increase In Lawsuits If Third Party Litigation Funders Are Deregulated. International Initiatives, Third Party Litigation Funding (TPLF)

Money with gavel

News Litigation Funders Join Together To Form Global Advocacy Group International Initiatives, Third Party Litigation Funding (TPLF) News Study: Mass Tort Plaintiffs Paying Dearly For Loans, Regulation Needed Lawsuit Lending, Mass Tort Multidistrict Litigation, Third Party Litigation Funding (TPLF)

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Research

Winter 2020 | ILR Research Review | Volume 7, Issue 2

ILR Briefly: TPLF in False Claims Act Cases

ILR Briefly: Third Party Litigation Funding in Qui Tam False Claims Act Cases

Summer 2020 | ILR Research Review | Volume 7, Issue 1

ILR Briefly COVID-19 Series: Liability Overview

Selling More Lawsuits, Buying More Trouble: Third Party Litigation Funding A Decade Later

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Director, Legislative Affairs

Senior Vice President, Legal Reform Initiatives

M. Sc‌évole de Cazotte

Senior Vice President, International Initiatives

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Money and gavel

Video Faces of Lawsuit Abuse: Who's Funding Those Lawsuits? Third Party Litigation Funding (TPLF)

ILR's Cause for Action Podcast

Podcasts Episode 4: How Courtrooms are Turned Into Casinos with Page Faulk and John Beisner Uncharted Waters: Analysis of TPLF in European Collective Redress International Initiatives, Third Party Litigation Funding (TPLF) Blog ILR Urges DC Bar to Reject New Rules That Could Expand TPLF Third Party Litigation Funding (TPLF)

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