Four Big Questions for the Industry in 2026: Litigation Finance
2025 was a big year for the litigation finance industry — and this year is set to be even more significant.
2025 was a big year for the litigation finance industry — and this year is set to be even more significant.
Litigation finance moved further mainstream in 2025, with firms tapping the funding source for areas including mass torts and intellectual property.
Commercial liability insurers will soon have the option to make policyholders disclose third-party funding agreements, part of an escalating fight between carriers and litigation funders over underlying mass tort cases.
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The American Academy of Pediatrics is suing the Trump administration over its cancellation of grant funding, alleging the HHS move was in retaliation for the organization’s opposing views on vaccines and gender-affirming care.
Big Law leaders who faced unexpected political and economic turmoil this year hope to leave at least some of it in the rearview mirror in 2026.
Martin Bruehs joined Baker Botts as a partner in its intellectual property department in Washington, DC, the firm announced Monday.
Taylor Klavan joined Greenberg Traurig as a shareholder in its public finance and infrastructure practice in Houston, the firm announced Monday.
Sullivan & Cromwell co-chair Robert Giuffra Jr. worries that the legal industry’s golden age is over.
Thirty years’ distance from the passage of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act shows the law has had a powerful impact on the practice area it addressed, but whether it had the desired effect remains up for discussion.
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