ANALYSIS: Transparency Wanted in Litigation Finance

The litigation funding industry garnered significant attention in 2019, which won’t dissipate any time soon. Perhaps to the dismay of funders, the headlines often reflected more scrutiny than praise.

From the regulation of disclosure of third-party funding in litigation matters to scrutiny surrounding Burford Capital’s accounting practices to Kirkland & Ellis’s foray into plaintiff-side contingency work, 2019 foretells that we can expect a demand for transparency to grow along with a demand for more capital streams in 2020.

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