Spooky season is upon us and there’s something even scarier than Pennywise and the bride of Chuckie: frivolous lawsuits. The Faces of Lawsuit Abuse campaign highlights the stories of those… Read More
October 25, 2021
Video Showcase On October 19, 2021, the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform hosted Summit XXI: On the Horizon. Below are the videos of the… Read More
October 19, 2021
The U.S. securities litigation system is actively exploited by plaintiffs’ lawyers who routinely force investors to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in unjustified litigation… Read More
October 12, 2021
The Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) is a prime example of a misdirected law that has led to more litigation abuse than consumer protection. Read More
October 12, 2021
In recent months, lawmakers, media, and courts in jurisdictions worldwide have called for oversight of third party litigation funding (or TPLF). TPLF is a global… Read More
October 8, 2021
Longtime readers know third-party litigation funding (TPLF) is a multibillion-dollar global industry that could turn our courtrooms into casinos by allowing hedge funds to secretly… Read More
October 6, 2021
The personal injury mass tort system has turned into a twisted game of blackjack, one where the players’ cards stay hidden, it costs almost nothing… Read More
October 5, 2021
After making billions of dollars in class actions and mass tort litigation, plaintiffs’ lawyers have set their sights on the bankruptcy process. Chapter 11 is supposed to be an orderly way… Read More
October 4, 2021
A recent opinion piece in The Wall Street Journal looks at the implications of an FTC administrative proceeding aimed at forcing a genomics-sequencing company,… Read More
September 29, 2021
Consumers Want Safeguards That Put Them First, Not Funders BRUSSELS, BELGIUM – The vast majority of European Union consumers want safeguards if third party litigation funding is allowed, according to a new five-EU member state survey conducted by WorldThinks and released … Read More
September 28, 2021
European consumers do not want lawsuit finance companies to invest in civil litigation without oversight, and they strongly support a range of proposed safeguards to… Read More
September 28, 2021
The first case in Philadelphia over alleged health risks associated with Johnson & Johnson’s talcum powder came to an end Friday as a state jury… Read More
September 27, 2021
Recently, Sens. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., introduced the False Claims Amendments Act of 2021 (S.B. 2428), proposing revisions to the False Claims Act… Read More
September 24, 2021
A growing number of law firms in the UK are following their US peers by working closely with litigation funders and betting on the outcome… Read More
September 22, 2021
A new blog on Justice Not Profit looks at how litigation funders in Germany are adapting to the growing number of international… Read More
September 21, 2021
Former consultants for the shareholder firm Labaton Sucharow have sued the company in federal court in Manhattan for allegedly defrauding them out of fees they… Read More
September 20, 2021
Writing in the National Law Review, Sheryl L. Skibbe of Vedder Price profiles a recent California appellate decision that provides a… Read More
September 16, 2021
Target Hit With BIPA Claims Over Virtual ‘Try On’: Plaintiffs’ lawyers have filed a proposed class action in Cook County Court accusing Target of violating… Read More
September 15, 2021
A federal judge has ruled that Uber can send a suit in which drivers alleged that the company misclassified them to arbitration, according to a… Read More
September 15, 2021