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Litigation funding can bridge the widening gap between decreasing legal budgets and ever-increasing law firm fees.
Litigation funding can bridge the widening gap between decreasing legal budgets and ever-increasing law firm fees.

Litigation funding can bridge the widening gap between decreasing legal budgets and ever-increasing law firm fees.

Steven Savage2023-09-28T15:33:40+00:00July 10th, 2023|

Over the last few years, law firms have been attempting to create additional revenue by raising their rates.[1] At the same, many legal departments are facing decreases in their litigation budgets, with legal departments seeing up to 20% reduction in their budget.[2] Additionally, the time […]

(Another) Decision to Watch on Discoverability of Litigation Funding Materials in the US: Fleet Connect v. Waste Connections
(Another) Decision to Watch on Discoverability of Litigation Funding Materials in the US: Fleet Connect v. Waste Connections

(Another) Decision to Watch on Discoverability of Litigation Funding Materials in the US: Fleet Connect v. Waste Connections

Steven Savage2022-10-04T10:37:44+00:00July 18th, 2022|

As litigation funding becomes more prevalent in patent litigation, defendants in the US are likely to attempt to obtain discovery into such agreements. However, litigation funding discovery is usually nothing more than a fishing expedition aimed to create additional burden for plaintiffs. Recently, Judge […]

Read our whitepaper: Litigation Finance for In-house Legal Departments
Read our whitepaper: Litigation Finance for In-house Legal Departments

Read our whitepaper: Litigation Finance for In-house Legal Departments

Steven Savage2021-10-27T08:33:45+00:00August 26th, 2021|

Litigation Finance for In-house Legal Departments

In-house legal departments face tremendous financial and operational pressure.

Most general counsel believe that technological modernization and more effective management of spend on outside counsel could result in cost savings. But most lack the […]

Woodsford is the first overseas funder to be authorised to fund class actions in Australia
Woodsford is the first overseas funder to be authorised to fund class actions in Australia

Woodsford is the first overseas funder to be authorised to fund class actions in Australia

Steven Savage2021-10-25T14:53:34+00:00April 29th, 2021|

Woodsford can now fund class actions in Australia

We are delighted that we have been granted an Australian financial services (AFS) licence by the Australian Securities Investment Commission (ASIC) authorising us to fund class actions in Australia as Managed Investment Schemes […]

Woodsford welcomes the pro-access to justice decision of the England & Wales Court of Appeal in DAF v The Road Haulage Association
Woodsford welcomes the pro-access to justice decision of the England & Wales Court of Appeal in DAF v The Road Haulage Association

Woodsford welcomes the pro-access to justice decision of the England & Wales Court of Appeal in DAF v The Road Haulage Association

Steven Savage2021-10-27T10:30:03+00:00March 5th, 2021|

Woodsford welcomes the pro-access to justice decision of the England & Wales Court of Appeal in DAF v The Road Haulage Association & UK Trucks Claims Limited [2021] EWCA Civ 299 that was handed down by the Court of Appeal earlier today […]

Simon Walsh discusses privilege and why litigation finance has grown so rapidly in the last 10 years

Steven Savage2021-03-16T16:14:51+00:00February 19th, 2021|

Simon Walsh, Special Counsel at Cadwalader in London, discusses why litigation finance has grown as rapidly as it has done in the last 10 years and how privilege relates to litigation funding, […]

Professor Anthony Sebok discusses the differences in attitudes to ‘fee splitting’ in the US, UK and Europe

Steven Savage2021-03-16T16:19:15+00:00February 4th, 2021|

Anthony Sebok, Professor of Law at Cardozo Law School, New York, discusses the differences in attitudes to ‘fee splitting’ in the US, UK and Europe and the obsession with medieval […]

David Siffert talks to Steven Friel about whether we can expect more legislation governing litigation finance

Steven Savage2021-01-27T12:33:44+00:00January 27th, 2021|

David Siffert, Director of Research and Projects at NYU School of Law, discusses whether we can expect more legislation governing litigation finance in the next 10 years, and the
interest from […]

Robin Davis talks to Steven Friel about why we need a book on litigation finance now

Steven Savage2021-03-16T16:39:08+00:00January 15th, 2021|

Woodsford’s Robin Davis talks to Steven Friel about why we need a book on litigation finance at this time and how the contributors and themes were chosen.

You can view the video here

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