Litigation Finance Update: An Industry Under Attack

Litigation Finance Update: An Industry Under Attack

Author: D.C. Bar Communities October 6, 2025 Duration: 1:07:02

A Tea with Stuart Grant of Bench Walk Advisors and Erika Levin of Fox Rothschild, where we learn about recent developments affecting the Litigation Finance Industry and what the latest efforts have been to successfully keep open pathways for companies and individuals to access justice. In this episode, we discuss recent efforts by the U.S. Government (both state and federal) and interested parties to quash the industry, what we should be bracing for next, whether some form of regulation might be advisable, and what are some of the false and most harmful myths about third party funding that critics continue to perpetuate. We also discuss in this episode the threat to the rule of law generally.


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Duration: 41:56
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Diversity and Inclusion in International Arbitration - Part 2 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 29:08
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Diversity and Inclusion in International Arbitration - Part 1 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 32:24
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Duration: 26:25
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The Tea on International Arbitration - Trailer [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

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