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Crowell & Moring attorneys Paul Haskel, John Laird, Scott Lessne, and Paul Muscutt have contributed a chapter to ICLG’s Lending & Secured Finance Laws and Regulations 2026, providing a comprehensive introduction to litigation funding.

The chapter examines the key players in the litigation funding space, the legal and regulatory frameworks governing funding arrangements in…

The UK Ministry of Justice has announced an intention to remove English third-party litigation funding from the current requirements of the Damages-Based Agreements Regulations 2013 (“DBA Regulations”) and provide for a different regulatory framework. As we have discussed previously here and here, various forms of uncertainty remain for third parties who wish to fund…