Daniel Gladiš of hedge fund Vltava Fund gives high praise to Burford Capital CEO Christopher Bogart in his latest shareholder letter, noting that at a time when artificial intelligence is discussed everywhere and human intelligence is sometimes a bit overlooked, Burford is a nice example that human intelligence can also create great value. Read more.
Burford has shared that it is modifying its fair value approach following a six-month review by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) into how Burford values its legal finance assets.
Sysco has sued affiliates of Burford for allegedly meddling in the food distributor’s efforts to settle several major antitrust cases in which it’s a plaintiff, while Burford argues that Sysco has breached the funding agreement by assigning some of the claims, giving Burford the right to veto the settlements.
David Perla of Burford comments on the US GAO Legal Finance Report and responds specifically to fabricated attacks against the legal finance industry as a so-called “national security threat”.
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