US court takes swipe at litigation funder while ruling in its favour

Dippy Singh summarises a recent US appeal court siding with Burford that a proposed $50 million settlement in the broiler chicken antitrust litigation was not final and binding because material terms remained unresolved, while a concurring judge described the dispute as a cautionary tale about third-party funding, underscoring ongoing judicial scrutiny of funder consent rights and settlement dynamics in complex commercial cases.

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