June 3rd, 2025
The Union League Club New York CityNew York, NYPreliminary Agenda
Provisional Start & End Times
June 3rd: 8:00am - 5:30pm
Agenda Topics
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The Current State of the Litigation Funding Market
- What has market growth looked like over the past year? What’s projected for 2026?
- Has the market reached maturity? Is the market oversaturated?
- Will the market see consolidation in the near future?
- What new products are emerging to disrupt the market? Is insurance still on the rise?
- What type of cases are the most prominent? Single cases, portfolios, monetization, acceleration?
- How is the Mass Tort market impacting the broader funding arena?
- What’s keeping some investors on the sidelines and what can be done to change that?
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Happy Together: Profiting From the Synergies Between Litigation Insurance and Litigation Funding
- How are funding and insurance working together to lower rates on good risk?
- What solutions are available to de-risk and monetize litigation and arbitration?
- How has the use of insurance impacted pricing and financing options for funding?
- What will insurance cover? What won’t it cover? Is all of this black and white?
- How are insurance policies priced? How much coverage do you need?
- What are funders concerned about?
- Is the increase in “nuclear verdicts” causing concern in the insurance sector and is this impacting insurance related to funding?
- What are the macro-economic impacts on rising insurance and business costs
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Client Issues: What Factors Are Driving Law Firm Portfolio Decisions?
- How do law firms view litigation funding, and why should they have interest in getting into the market?
- What’s behind the increase in larger law firms entering the fray and getting deals done?
- How can funding be used to grow a practice and increase profits?
- What has been successful? What has been a struggle? Are there examples of successful portfolio fundings that can be shared?
- What ethics concerns should law firms be mindful of?
- What concerns do law firm general counsel typically identify for funding deals?
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What Impacts Are Regulation, Disclosure, Ethics and Transparency Having on Dealmaking?
- What recent legislative action is threatening to restrict funding? What court cases and legal decisions are impacting funders?
- What are current concerns around disclosure and transparency?
- What ethical conflicts of interest are regulators targeting?
- Are there ethical concerns around the participation of private equity and institutional investors in the legal market?
- Is more regulation the answer? Where is regulation important and where is it limiting opportunity?
- What should we make of claims regarding foreign financing and national security concerns?
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Can the Growth of the Mass Tort Market Continue?
- Has the funding of Mass Tort plateaued? What does the future hold?
- Is the Mass Tort industry becoming increasingly vertically integrated?
- What new and emerging fund structures are we seeing?
- What are funders using to evaluate deals? What are expected returns at this point?
- Are funders using technology and AI to evaluate and mitigate risk?
- Exploring ethical concerns around mass tort advertising and case acquisition
- How are Mass Tort deals priced? What is the risk profile for investors?
- What is the role of insurance in the Mass Tort markets
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Unlocking Opportunities: How Institutional Investors are Shaping the Future of Litigation Finance
- What can the market do to de-mystify itself and attract more institutional capital?
- What are the main concerns from investors? Lack of control? Time to resolution? Lack of track record? Public perception?
- Are there enough quality cases to support the amount of capital in the market?
- What is the preferred investment structure? Sole investor? Fund? Public Company? Co-investments? Others?
- What criteria should be used when evaluating investments in funders?
- How are the potential for substantial returns and “nuclear verdicts “impacting investment appetite?
- What kinds of returns can investors reasonably expect in today’s market?
- Using debt and equity instead of traditional capital raising
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Client Issues: How are Companies Using Litigation Funding as a Strategic Tool?
- How are companies leveraging their legal claims or pending litigation to secure immediate capital?
- Will the rate and scope of corporate monetization increase in the next few years?
- Unlocking capital for operational expenses, expansion or paying down debt by monetizing legal claims
- How are funders offering bespoke solutions tailored to corporate clients?
- Reducing balance sheet burden by transferring financial risk associated with litigation to a third-party funder
- Exploring non-recourse financing
- How Litigation Funding can improve cash flow and liquidity
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Streamlining Processes, Improving Decision Making and Enhancing Outcomes Through the Use of Technology and AI
- How are AI algorithms and Natural Language Processing (NLP) being used to analyze past case outcomes, legal precedents, and court decisions to predict the likelihood of success and potential financial returns?
- Using machine learning models and historical data analysis to evaluate factors around jurisdiction, legal team performance and case complexity
- Using AI-powered tools to effectively and efficiently manage your portfolio
- Estimating the costs involved in a case, automating administrative tasks and reducing operational costs with technology
- Detecting fraud by applying AI to identify unusual patterns or discrepancies and enhancing due diligence
- Sentiment analysis and scenario modeling