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Senator Tillis Introduced a Bill Taxing Proceeds of Litigation Financing Agreements

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Senator Thom Tillis introduced a bill (called the “Tackling Predatory Litigation Funding Act”) that would impose additional significant taxes on litigation funding investments. Rep. Kevin Hern (R-OH) introduced a similar bill...more

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Georgia Regulates Third Party Litigation Financing in Senate Bill 69

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On February 27, 2025, by a vote of 52 to 0, the Georgia Senate passed Senate Bill 69, titled “Georgia Courts Access and Consumer Protection Act.”...more

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Claim To Fame - Mass Litigation: what key trends should financial services firms be aware of in 2024?

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As we have explored in our Class Actions series, the popularity of mass claims in the English courts continues to grow. Such claims represent a substantial threat to financial institutions but, at the same time, we are also...more

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Litigation Financier’s Battle Against Sysco Provides Food for Thought

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Cloaked in secrecy, neither the terms of litigation financing agreements nor the attendant scuffles between financier and claimant, are typically aired in public. That changed for about four months of 2023, during which...more

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The Rise of US-Style Class Actions in the UK and Europe

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Class actions have been a feature of the litigation landscape in the USA for decades. Claimant-friendly procedures combined with an aggressive and well-funded plaintiffs’ bar have created fertile ground for these large,...more

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Regulation of Class Actions in Australia Revisited … Again

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More Detail: Regulation of Litigation Funding in Class Actions In 2009, the Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia, in Brookfield Multiplex Ltd v International Litigation Funding Partners Pty Ltd [2009] FCAFC 147,...more

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2018–2019 Australian Class Actions Review

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This is Jones Day's fifth review of Australian class actions developments. The White Paper reviews the class actions that were commenced and settled in 2018–2019. The White Paper also examines the types of novel claims that...more

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Third Circuit Finds Class Members’ Cash Advance Agreements May Fall Short of a True Assignment

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On April 26, 2019, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals reversed in part and affirmed in part a district court order purporting to void cash advance agreements entered into by and between class members and litigation funding...more

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Georgia Supreme Court Ruling Is Helpful Precedent for Litigation Financing Industry

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Consistent with the weight of authority, the Georgia Supreme Court has ruled that certain litigation financing agreements structured as asset sales were not disguised "loans," and therefore not subject to the state's...more

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