Limited Nature of Criminal Justice Reform
5min read One of the biggest stories in recent years is how the Left and Right have joined forces to reform our broken criminal justice system. This unlikely partnership, led by organizations such as Koch Industries and the Center for American Progress, has sparked efforts to address issues ranging from sentencing disparities to mandatory minimums. […]
A Legal Funder’s Guide to Hiring
4 min read Hiring is challenging for all types of companies—whether you’re a small business, tech startup, or part of a Fortune 500 company. Legal funding companies face unique hurdles, including: Despite these challenges, hiring the right people gives your company a huge advantage. Great employees not only help you outperform competitors but also save […]
A Guide to Plaintiff Communication: Part 2
6 min read In our last post, The Ultimate Guide to Plaintiff Communication: Part 1, we covered 5 essential communication tactics for improving plaintiff relations during intake and document collection. With these steps, you’ve set a strong foundation for managing the plaintiff relationship, qualified leads efficiently, and collected the necessary documents to assess the case. […]
A Guide to Plaintiff Communication: Part 1
Read next: The Ultimate Guide to Plaintiff Communication: Part 2 Working with plaintiffs can feel like a constant challenge—whether it’s trying to reach someone whose phone number is no longer in service or dealing with bounced wires from unknown banks. It’s easy to think your clients are just naturally disorganized or difficult to manage. But […]
The 4 Groups Who Want to Regulate Legal Funding
In recent years, the legal funding landscape has attracted significant attention from various interest groups, particularly in states like Indiana, Arizona, and Tennessee. These groups have varied stakes, with some pushing for stringent regulation, others lobbying for fewer barriers, and a few wanting to see legal funding eliminated altogether. As these efforts continue, it’s essential […]
5 Hidden Costs of Outdated Legal and Medical Funding Software
6min read The evolving operational and strategic needs of companies navigating any rapidly expanding industry often outpace their technology. When many of today’s top funders got their start, legal funding software options were non-existent, so it comes as no surprise that as the legal and medical funding industries continue to grow at an unprecedented pace, […]
2 Tactics to “Moneyball” Your Funding Company
In the past entries of this series on using data analytics to supplement decision making in legal funding, we’ve examined initial steps to using data analytics, including gathering data, cleaning data and structuring data. Now, we’ll talk about some actual analytical techniques that can be used once you have clean, relevant data in order to help you […]
8 Tips to Nurture Your Attorney Relationships
5min read Case referrals from law firms are often the most sought after origination source for business. They provide lienholders, whether you are a medical provider or a funder: Those referral relationships are hard to win but easy to lose. At its core, you run a service business. You’re servicing the plaintiff by providing a […]
One of History’s Greatest Lawyers: Wayne Collins
The name Wayne Collins may not be familiar to everyone, but his contributions to civil liberties in the United States are nothing short of remarkable. Best known for his defense of Fred Korematsu during World War II, Collins played a pivotal role in challenging one of the darkest moments in U.S. history: the internment of […]
What Donald Trump Could Mean For Legal Funding
Donald J. Trump entered the White House as the most legally burdened president in U.S. history. According to USA Today, Trump faced at least 75 open lawsuits when he took office, with the expectation that the number would only rise, given issues like unpaid campaign vendors and potential defamation claims. While it’s hard to predict […]