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Burkhart v. Genworth Fin., Inc., C.A. No. 2018-0691-NAC (Del. Ch. Aug. 21, 2024). The rise in litigation funding brings a predictable follow-on question: Are litigation funding agreements protected as work product, or...more
Recent legislative and regulatory developments, including the Federal Government's draft regulations to deregulate litigation funding in class actions and the Civil Procedure (Representative Proceedings) Bill 2021, which...more
A federal district court rejected a novel request from class counsel for reimbursement of counsel’s litigation funding expenses. According to the court in Perez v. Rash Curtis & Assoc., No. 16-03396 (N.D. Cal. October 1,...more
While group litigation and collective actions have traditionally been more difficult to pursue in the UK than in the U.S., changes to UK civil procedure rules and societal attitudes towards group ligation means that these...more
There is no "one size fits all" approach to competing class actions. Five competing and overlapping shareholder class actions were commenced in two separate Australian courts against AMP Limited. All actions were...more
Third-party litigation funding has received increased scrutiny over the past several years, particularly in the context of mass torts, class actions, and multidistrict litigation. Most of this scrutiny has focused on...more
On April 26, 2019, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals reversed in part and affirmed in part a district court order purporting to void cash advance agreements entered into by and between class members and litigation funding...more
The Situation: Competing class actions, particularly in relation to shareholder claims, have increased in Australia and imposed unnecessary costs on respondents. In Perera v GetSwift Limited [2018] FCA 732, Lee J of the...more