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A federal district court held that litigation funding fees incurred by class counsel should not be charged to the class as "traditional litigation expenses" generally would.

The ruling, analyzed here by Akin Gump, followed a novel reimbursement request in which counsel contended that a third-party funding agreement made an "extraordinary" $75 million settlement possible: https://lexshar.es/akin-gump

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Despite Its Allure, Litigation Funding Is Just ‘The Cost of Doing Business’ for Class Counsel Key Points: A federal district court rejected a novel request from class counsel for reimbursement of counsel’s litigation funding expenses. According to the court in Perez v. Rash Curtis & Assoc. , ...

"No longer a choice reserved for a select group of sophisticated investors, alternative assets have grown to represent a significant portion of many institutional investor portfolios," writes Preqin: https://lexshar.es/alt-cagr

Visit lexshares.com to learn more about litigation finance, a fast-growing alternative asset class for accredited investors.

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The Past, Present, and Future of the Alternative Assets Industry | Preqin Learn about the alternative assets industry and get a better grasp of its history, future and potential.

According to a CAIA Association survey, US Pension Funds increased their allocation to alternative asset classes from 8.7% to 15.7% over the period 2001 and 2009 — a sign of institutional investors placing their faith in alternatives: https://lexshar.es/caia

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CAIA Survey Results – The attraction of Alternative Investments and future trends Alternative Investments have doubled as a share of global asset markets since 2003. They have moved from 6% or $4.8 trillion of the global investment universe in 2003 to over $13.4 trillion, or 12%…