Blockchains and Future Litigation Funding

7 May 2021

Litigation funding has recently been a hot topic around the world. In this post, we explore how a new crypto approach could turn traditional funding on its head. In December 2020, Ava Labs (www.avalabs.org) announced the first Initial Litigation Offering (ILO) through Avalanche, “an open-source platform for launching highly decentralized applications, new financial primitives, and new interoperable blockchains.” I won’t Continue Reading

What Can Investors Learn from the Zimmer Bio Settlement Administration?

30 April 2021

On December 14, 2020, the US District Court for the Northern District of Indiana ordered the distribution of net settlement funds in the securities class action against Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc., a local medical device company. Claimants received payouts in February 2021. The briefing in support of final distribution offers investors insights into the administration, including the predominance of third-party Continue Reading

Using ESG in Litigation Decisions

13 April 2021

Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) continues to dominate headlines, and we’re seeing increased investor interest in its application to the shareholder litigation space. Over the next two months, six non-US recovery efforts have registration deadlines where investors can apply environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors to prioritize the opportunities. Like investment ESG, litigation ESG enhances decision-making at the margin. For Continue Reading

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