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Perspective

Jan. 1, 2015

Litigation finance in 2014: gaining ground quickly

The litigation finance industry has grown quickly this past year, extending from its original East Coast foothold to the West Coast. By Kenneth A. Linzer and Elisha E. Weiner


By Kenneth A. Linzer and Elisha E. Weiner


The litigation finance industry has grown quickly this past year, extending from its original East Coast foothold to the West Coast. Wall Street has even embraced litigation financing: Maurice "Hank" Greenberg, represented by David Boies of Boies Schiller - recently employed by Sony to provide a tourniquet for the media company's widely publicized data breach - sought financing from several prominent invest...

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