Burford Capital and Longford Capital Management executives say that Arizona’s loosening of legal industry regulations opens the door for them to co-own law firms. They predict that with Arizona no longer requiring lawyers to own firms—and other states considering similar steps—law partners will increasingly consider the benefits of non-attorney ownership stakes. Read more.
A court filing has revealed that a GLS Capital affiliate and Law Finance Group are funding a patent infringement suit brought by Microspherix against Nexplanon, a contraceptive implant whose US sales were nearly 10% of Merck & Co. spinoff Organon & Co.’s 2022 revenue.
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.
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