BOSTON & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--LexShares, a leader in commercial litigation finance, today announced the launch of LexShares Marketplace Fund II (LMFII). With a $100 million target fund size, ...

In addition to being a qualitatively misleading measure of market size, the commercial funding AUM figure often cited by critics is ripe for misinterpretation, particularly because growth in AUM does ...

We collaborate with the world's leading lawyers to deliver news tailored for you. Sign Up for any (or all) of our 25+ Newsletters. Some states have laws and ethical rules regarding solicitation and ...

2025 was a challenging year for the litigation finance market, as fears of tax changes in the Trump administration’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act threatened to materially impact returns. However, as ...

At last count, the third-party litigation financing industry has blossomed into a more than $16 billion industry. Litigation financiers take on a very small percentage of cases that are presented to ...

Law.com spoke to leading partners at firms including Freshfields, Quinn Emanuel and Slaughter and May, as well as funders, to see what is next for the U.K.’s litigation funding sector. A few years ago ...

Corbin Capital Partners see a $342 million dedicated litigation finance fund as a way investors can avoid being tied to the ...

Since 2022, investors have experienced a steady drumbeat of macroeconomic and geopolitical uncertainty — from a historic increase of over 500 basis points in the fed funds rate, to war in Ukraine and ...

(Bloomberg) -- Litigation finance is having a bad year. After predicting huge growth as recently as January 2024, the industry is now finding that hedge funds and other sources of capital are pulling ...

A losing streak in litigation finance is attracting hedge funds and other alternative investment managers looking to invest in legal claims at distressed valuations, according to people familiar with ...