Litigation Funding, Class Action, Disclosure Requirements

Court of Chancery Finds Class Counsel’s Litigation Funding Agreement is Discoverable

Morris James LLP on 2/7/2025

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

Third Circuit Tackles Third-Party Funding Issues in In Re: National Football League Players’ Concussion Injury Litigation

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 6/11/2019

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

Pulling Back the Curtain: Moving Toward Disclosure of Third-Party Funding in Litigation - Who's Who Legal

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 7/16/2018

Civil litigation, once a realm confined to rules-based conflict resolution between adverse parties, has become profitable commerce in the US. Where commerce thrives, investors looking for healthy returns follow. Unlike other...more

Third-Party Litigation Funding: Are Businesses At Risk For More Class Actions?

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 6/9/2017

Seyfarth Synopsis: American and international courts have been debating the tentative legality of disclosing third-party litigation funding. In this vlog video, Seyfarth Shaw Associate Alex Karasik sits down with class action...more

"Third-Party Litigation Financing: Mandatory Disclosure on the Horizon?"

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 4/20/2017

The use of third-party litigation financing — generally defined as the funding of litigation activities by entities other than the parties themselves, their insurers or their counsel — continues to increase in the United...more

Transparency Watch: Federal District Court Mandates Automatic Disclosure of Third-Party Funding Arrangements for Class Actions

Carlton Fields on 4/17/2017

In January, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California announced a change that makes litigants in putative class action suits subject to requirements mandating automatic disclosure of third-party funding...more