Wendie Childress of Validity Finance reminds readers that recent developments, such as the case of Kove IO v. Amazon Web Services, indicate courts will continue to agree with plaintiffs that litigation funding is irrelevant to litigation itself, and not subject to discovery.

Ralph Sutton of Validity Finance grades his 2021 litigation finance predictions, which included predictions of more competition (hit) and many industry shake-outs and consolidations (miss); he also shares his 2022 predictions, which include a prediction that we will see new insurance products that will help investors in funding and funders themselves.