From time to time we will troll the class action blogosphere for news and information about our favorite class action topics. Here are just a few of the recent headlines from around the web. Complex litigation as a commodity investment? Hedge funds have traditionally been willing to explore new territory in the non-traditional investment sphere. [...]
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Class Action Blogosphere Periodic Review
Posted in Class Action Trends, tagged bp, dukes, e-discovery, employment class action, esi, hedge fund, litigation funding, oil spill, parens patriae, ponzi, trustee, wal-mart on March 22, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Notes from the 5th Annual Conference on the Globalization of Class Actions and Mass Litigation, Session II – Who’s Paying?
Posted in Class Action Trends, CLE Programs, International Class Action Law, tagged attorney fees, attorneys fees, australia, cameron, cartel claims, class action, class action funding, collective litigation, cost shifting, european class action, fee shifting, foris, hodges, ilf, IMF, international class action, litigation funder, litigation funding, loser pays, Meincke, netherlands, omni bridgeway, private litigation funder, schreiber, vaughn walker, wieling on December 17, 2011 | 5 Comments »
This is part II of a multi-part post summarizing last week’s 5th Annual Conference on the Globalization of Class Actions and Mass Litigation. For the introduction, see part I posted yesterday. Who’s Paying? New Developments in Funding Professor Christopher Hodges, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford/Erasmus University (and a co-sponsor and co-founder of the conference) [...]
Is Victoria Province About to Top the ATRF’s List of Judicial Hellholes?
Posted in Class Action Trends, International Class Action Law, tagged australia class action, australian class action, contingency fee, contingent fee, fee sharing, fee splitting, IMF, IMF Australia, international class action, litigation funding on January 28, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Third party litigation funding has become intriguing development in the expansion of global class and collective action litigation over the past several years, particularly in Australia. (For various previous CAB articles addressing third party litigation funding, click here). The concept of third party litigation funding generally refers to financing of litigation by a private party or corporation that is [...]
Litigation Funding for Representative Shareholder Actions in India
Posted in class action reform, Class Action Trends, International Class Action Law, tagged associational representation, associational standing, class action india, indian class action law, International Class Action Law, litigation funding, private litigation funding, public litigation funding, representative litigation on June 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
According to this article by Anindita Dey of the Business Standard yesterday, an Indian securities regulator has announced plans to fund a program to reimburse litigation expenses actions brought on behalf of investors for alleged illegal securities practices. The fund would be available to a group of registered investor associations who could apply for reimbursement for legal expenses [...]
Securities Class Action Trends in the US and Australia
Posted in Class Action Trends, International Class Action Law, Securities Class Actions, tagged australia class action, litigation funding, securities class action, shareholder class action, subprime class action on January 5, 2009 | 2 Comments »
As we welcome in the first full business week of 2009, two news sources have recent stories discussing trends in securities class action litigation from 2008. First, the Wall Street Journal Blog reports that 2008 saw an increase in securities class action filings. However, the article also notes that suits actually dipped in the second half of the [...]
Private Litigation Funding Catching on in Loser Pays Jurisdictions
Posted in Class Action Trends, International Class Action Law, Other class action blogs, Securities Class Actions, tagged attorneys fees, australian class action, award of costs, award of fees, International Class Action Law, litigation funding, loser pays, securities class action, UK collective action on September 1, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Litigation funding by private corporations other than law firms or individuals who are not lawyers is generally prohibited here in the US, but the concept is catching on overseas, especially in jurisdictions that have a “loser pays” rule for allocating fees and costs. This recent entry from The D&O Diary summarizes an article predicting that the ability to assign of [...]
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