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Dr. Marc Veit and Robert Denison of LALIVE consider the impact of the EU Parliament’s proposals for regulation of third-party litigation funding on arbitration claims, concluding that the proposals would have a chilling effect not only on traditional third-party funding arrangements in both the litigation and arbitration contexts, but potentially even intra-group company funding arrangements, depending on their structure.
Joeri Klein of Deminor and Koen Rutten of Wijn & Stael take stock after two years since the introduction of the Dutch Collective Damages Act (WAMCA), and question whether fears that the introduction of the WAMCA would lead to "American practices" and an overly aggressive "claim culture" with enormous damages at stake were justified.
New research commissioned by Burford Capital demonstrates that companies that choose not to opt out of a class action proceeding do so for economic reasons, and that companies with large claims stand to recover more and can preserve their budgets by using legal finance as part of their opt out strategies. The research also shows that companies already using legal financing are opting out three times more often than their competitors.
A host of European associations have issued a joint statement calling for the EU to develop appropriate rules on third party litigation funding. They argue that, with no obligation to see cases through to the end and no responsibility for adverse costs, funders can pursue opportunistic claims for a high reward with low risk.

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