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November 4, 2025
Molly Pease Discusses How Funding Helps Protect IP Holders From Financial Disparity in Litigation
A recent Bloomberg Law article co-authored by Molly L. Pease, Curiam Capital’s Managing Director & Chief Compliance Officer, examines the pivotal role of litigation finance in promoting fairness and access to justice for intellectual property owners. While recent legislative discussions regarding taxation of litigation funding returns did not lead to policy changes, they highlighted the...
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December 14, 2022
Molly Pease Appears on Danos Associates’ “Pathway to Success” Series
Curiam Capital’s Managing Director, Molly Pease, recently appeared on Danos Associates’ monthly podcast/video “Pathway to Success” series with Valerie Phillips, Associate Director and Head of Americas Legal Practice at Danos Associates. During the interview, Molly and Valerie discussed career pathways and opportunities, the most enjoyable parts of the legal profession, and what have been the...
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February 16, 2022
Molly Pease Discusses How Litigation Funding Can Move the Needle on DEI in the Law
Curiam Capital’s Managing Director, Molly Pease, recently recorded an online CLE course with Lawline that focused on the topic of using litigation funding to move the needle on DEI in the law. In the online CLE course, the faculty members that accompanied Molly in the discussion were Wendie Childress of Validity Finance, LLC, Nicole Galli...
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February 2, 2022
Molly Pease to Speak at Litigation Finance Journal Panel on What to Expect in 2022
Curiam Capital’s Managing Director and Chief Compliance Officer, Molly Pease, will be speaking on a digital panel at Litigation Finance Journal’s first event of 2022, Litigation Funding in 2022: What to Expect, on Tuesday, February 15, 2022. This event is online only and is scheduled to occur from 4 PM EST to 5 PM EST. ...
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November 12, 2020
Law Firms Building (or Discussing) a Contingency Practice Should Consider These 5 Points
With competition in the legal industry on the rise (among law firms and also between law firms and alternative legal service providers), and changes resulting from the pandemic, lawyers must adapt to stay competitive. Clients now expect that law firms will offer alternative fee arrangements that encourage efficient and high-quality work product, while providing predictability...
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October 6, 2020
Prediction on State of the Legal Industry Validated
In the spring of 2019, High Performance Counsel asked its #ThinkTank Faculty, of which I was a part, their wildest prediction for the state of the legal industry through year-end 2020. I predicted that non-traditional legal service providers would double their share of the legal services market and force law firms to rethink how to...
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July 31, 2020
Key Takeaways from LFJ’s Quarterly Industry Roundup on Commercial Litigation Funding
As it appeared on Litigation Finance Journal This past Thursday, July 30th, Litigation Finance Journal held a special digital conference covering the key issues facing the commercial funding industry. Moderator Ed Truant (ET) of Slingshot Capital helmed a roundtable discussion which included panelists William Farrell (WF), co-founder of Longford Capital, Robert Hanna (RH), co-founder of Augusta Ventures, and Molly...
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June 22, 2020
2020 Litigation Finance Survey Report
Above The Law published its annual Litigation Finance Survey report for 2020. There are some notable takeaways from the report that all show the increasing traction of the litigation finance industry over the past year. The survey results included the following: 69.79% of respondents have firsthand experience working with a litigation finance firm. That’s a...
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June 17, 2020
Litigation Finance as Business Development Tool to Support Advancement of Women in Law Firms
A recent Law360 article1 discussed the implications of a New York Bar Association report finding that the percentage of women in lead counsel roles in court cases in New York state has not increased significantly over the last three years and remains stuck around 25%. When you look at this statistic for private practice lead...
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May 22, 2020
New to Litigation Finance? Start Here.
While litigation finance is now commonly discussed and considered in the legal industry, many people still have questions about what it is, how it works, and why it is financially beneficial to claimholders and law firms. This post will discuss these basic questions for single-case commercial litigation funding, and later posts will discuss certain aspects...
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