Susan Dunn of Harbour Litigation reports that her firm is starting to insist on law firms using technology for class actions that require funding, stating that they won’t accept people saying, ‘we’ve got a bunch of paralegals with Excel spreadsheets doing this on phone at the cost of £100 a head.” Read more.
Tom Rotherham has joined the team at Harbour Litigation Funding in London as a Director of Litigation Funding.
Rockhopper Exploration, a UK-based international oil and gas exploration and production company with key assets in the North Falkland Basin, has announced a successful arbitration award in its case against the Republic of Italy, with compensation set at EUR 190million plus interest. Harbour Litigation Funding provided financing for the case.
The International Legal Finance Association (ILFA) has announced its new board of directors, its chairman, and the executive committee. Gary Barnett, Executive Director of ILFA, welcomed Neil Purslow, who co-founded Therium, as the new Chairman. The Executive Committee Officers include: Christopher DeLise of Delta Capital, Susan Dunn of Harbour Litigation Funding, Jack Neumark of Fortress Investment Group LLC, Andrew Saker of Omni Bridgeway and Marcel Wegmüller of Nivalion.
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