Billionaire Backs Personal Injury Lawsuit Funding Firm
Miles Weiss, Claims Journal
The billionaire George Soros has found a new way to make money from personal injury lawsuits. Soros Fund Management is pushing into a branch of litigation finance that few hedge funds have entered. His family office is bankrolling a company that’s creating investment portfolios out of lawsuits, according to a May regulatory filing. The development is the latest twist on the litigation funding market, which has drawn criticism for monetizing and encouraging the lawsuit culture...

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Fastcase Says Its New ‘Analytics Workbench’ Will Allow Build-Your-Own Litigation Analytics
Robert Ambrogi, LawSites
Docket Alarm, the docket tracking and analytics platform acquired last Januaryby legal research company Fastcase, says it has released a new tool, the Analytics Workbench, that will allow legal professionals to build their own bespoke litigation analytics across any court, practice area or litigation event. Generally, legal analytics products tend to focus on specific courts or specific practice areas. For example, Lex Machina, one of the leading providers of legal analytics, launched with...

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BLS Reports Legal Sector Added 4,800 Jobs in June
James B. Levy, Legal Skills Prof Blog
The Bureau of Labor Statistics monthly report released yesterday (Friday) shows that the legal sector got a significant...

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