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Take on BoardWendy McCarthy on feminist activism in the boardroom and aiming for 50/50Today on the Take on Board podcast, I’m speaking with Wendy McCarthy about her journey to the boardroom. Wendy McCarthy AO – an Australian businesswoman, activist and former university administrator – joined her first board of directors almost 50 years ago.It was 1974. Feminism’s second wave was in full swing. Members of the Women’s Electoral Lobby, (WEL) were encouraged to join the Family Planning Association of Australia (FPA) to vote for a new board, to drive reform and change, such as accessible contraception. Wendy was WEL’s Sydney chapter co-deputy convenor. She joined FPA and was e...
2023-03-0736 min
Healthy HerBehind the Show: Wendy McCarthy and Alisa LattoHost Amelia Phillips goes behind the scenes, giving an insight into each episode, what went well, what didn't and helps us get to know the guests a little better. This ep goes behind Wendy MacCarthy who was instrumental in decriminalising abortion, and Alisa Latto, who grew an empire from the desire to raise healthy kids in a healthy home. About the guests: Wendy McCarthy is nothing short of a powerhouse force for change. Now in her 80s, Wendy remains Deputy-Chair of Goodstart Early Learning, a Non-executive Director of IMF Bentham, a Patron of the Sydney W...
2022-07-1916 min
Healthy HerWendy McCarthy: how she helped decriminalise abortion and how we can step upDescribed by Quentin Bryce as a 'National Treasure' Wendy McCarthy has been instrumental in shaping today's experience of motherhood. Host Amelia Phillips and Wendy discuss how she was able to be a feminist, activist, mother and teacher, how she campaigned to allow fathers to be present during birth, to decriminalise abortion in NSW in 2019, and ended up deputy chair of the ABC. She tells us how we can, and should, stand up for matters close to our heart and now is the time to play a part in shaping our future. About the guest: Wendy Mc...
2022-07-1234 min
Clause 8Sarah Tsou - How To Take Advantage Of Patent Litigation FundingThis episode features an interview with Sarah Tsou, who is an investment manager for patent litigation at the world’s leading litigation funder, Bentham IMF (now part of Omni Bridgeway Limited). The playbook is simple for deep-pocketed defendants facing lawsuits from patent owners with limited resources. Even if a patent owner has a very strong case, the defendant can just drag the case out long enough until the patent owner and his lawyers run out of resources to continue. At best, the patent owners are forced to settle lawsuits for a fraction of what they think they ar...
2020-06-0254 min
Beyond HourlyHow Litigation Funding Helps Startups, Part 2Bentham IMF Investment Manager and Legal Counsel, Stephanie Southwick, talks with founder Andre Gharakhanian of Silicon Legal Strategy about what it takes for startup companies to be successful and how litigation funding can help.
2020-01-0918 minBeyond HourlyHow Litigation Funding Helps Startups, Part 1Bentham IMF Investment Manager and Legal Counsel, Stephanie Southwick, talks with founder Andre Gharakhanian of Silicon Legal Strategy about what it takes for startup companies to be successful and how litigation funding can help.
2020-01-0917 minBeyond HourlyThe Conservative Case for Litigation FundingBentham IMF Investment Manager and Legal Counsel, Sarah Tsou, talks with Professor Brian Fitzpatrick of Vanderbilt Law School about how third-party litigation funding serves as a private sector solution for enforcement of meritorious cases. We also discuss the application of ethical rules and common misconceptions, and Professor Fitzpatrick makes the “conservative case” for litigation funding and how it provides a market solution for leveling the playing field among litigants and aligning incentives.
2019-12-1629 min
SumZero HeadlinesPeter Galgay (Amitell Capital) on Burford vs. IMF BenthamPeter Galgay, CIO of Amitell Capital, joins us to take up the other side of the ongoing Burford Capital debate. Galgay and his team have spent years researching litigation finance as an asset class and are invested in a close competitor, IMF Bentham. Galgay draws comparisons between IMF and Burford and outlines investors' discomfort with Burford accounting methods among other insights.
2019-09-3042 minBeyond HourlyInterview with Chief Strategy Officer and CoFounder of LegalMation, Enoch LiangBentham IMF Chief Investment Officer-US, Allison Chock, talks with Enoch Liang, co-founder of LegalMation, a company which uses artificial intelligence to automate processes involving litigation tasks. Enoch explains how the tool can take a PDF of a legal complaint and analyze it to provide, within two minutes, an initial draft answer, affirmative defenses, targeted requests for production and interrogatories, and deposition notices. The tool also creates draft responses to discovery requests, including AI-suggested objections, delivering in one minute drafts that typically take attorneys four to six hours to produce.
2019-09-2529 minBeyond HourlyInterview with Bentham IMF IP Funding Specialist, Sarah TsouBentham IMF investment manager and legal counsel, Jim Batson, chats with Bentham’s IP funding specialist, Sarah Tsou, about why funding is so useful for patent litigation, the factors she considers when evaluating IP cases for investment and the long-term impact funding is likely to have on patent litigation.
2019-07-0225 minBeyond HourlyInterview with Quinn Emanuel partner, Steve Cherny (Part Two)Bentham IMF investment manager and legal counsel, Sarah Tsou, discusses patent litigation funding with Steven Cherny, a partner at Quinn Emanuel who has three decades of high-profile patent litigation under his belt, and has won some of the most important patent cases in the last decade.
2019-05-2021 minBeyond HourlyInterview with Quinn Emanuel partner, Steve Cherny (Part One)Bentham IMF investment manager and legal counsel, Sarah Tsou, discusses patent litigation funding with Steven Cherny, a partner at Quinn Emanuel who has three decades of high-profile patent litigation under his belt, and has won some of the most important patent cases in the last decade.
2019-05-2021 minBeyond HourlyInterview with Bentham IMF Bankruptcy Funding Specialist, Ken EpsteinBentham IMF investment manager and legal counsel, Jim Batson, chats with Bentham’s bankruptcy funding specialist, Ken Epstein, about the options litigation finance presents for parties with limited capital to pursue their high-value litigation claims and how it benefits trustees, receivers and debtors.
2019-05-2017 minBeyond HourlyInterview with Stevens & Lee Shareholder, Nicolas F. KajonBentham IMF investment manager and legal counsel, Jim Batson, talks with Nicolas F. Kajon, Co-Chair of Stevens & Lee LLP’s Bankruptcy and Financial Restructuring Department, Co-Chair of the firm’s Litigation Finance and Alternative Funding Group and a Member of its Litigation Group, about his experience negotiating multi-million-dollar agreements with litigation funders pertaining to both insolvency and other commercial litigation claims, and representing clients in funded matters.
2019-05-1442 min
Your Strata Property With Amanda Farmer162. Replacing combustible cladding? The class action you need to know aboutThis week, I’m talking to Gavin Beardsell of IMF Bentham, the litigation funder behind the combustible cladding class action. Gavin talks us through the Federal Court proceedings that have been commenced against the manufacturers of combustible cladding and – vitally – explains how strata buildings across Australia can register to ensure they are first in…
2019-05-1430 min
Building NewLaw[REBROADCAST] S03E01: Litigation funding & the expanded opportunities for lawyers & clients, alikePeter Aprile and Natalie Worsfold interview Tania Sulan and Naomi Loewith of Bentham IMF. The group discusses Bentham IMF's recent arrival in Canada, the stimga of litigation funding, and the opportunities it opens for lawyers and clients, alike. CPD Lawyers that have completed the S03E01 BNL CPD cam claim a 40 minute Professionalism CPD credit. To access the S03E01 verification examination click this link.
2018-12-2000 min
The Knowledge Group PodcastsBefore The Show #8 - Litigation Financing: What Private Equity Firms Should Know and Do* Use coupon code PODCAST25 to get 25% off this webcast *
Webcast URL: https://www.theknowledgegroup.org/webcasts/litigation-financing-2018/
Litigation financing has helped companies from SMEs to large corporations in dealing with commercial disputes through litigation or arbitration. Its concept involves a third-party that provides funding for legal costs in return for an agreed sum to be recovered from any damages. This has been used by legal firms and corporate counsel as a form of risk management and has quickly grown into a robust industry.
In this LIVE Webcast, a panel of thought leaders and professionals brought together by The Knowledge Group...
2018-08-3007 min
Legal Innovators Interview SeriesDavid Kerstein, Bentham IMFIn this episode of the Legal Innovators Interview Series, Craig Mills talks with David Kerstein, Investment Manager and Legal Counsel at Bentham IMF, a litigation finance company that provides funding to plaintiffs and law firms for large legal disputes. Bentham is the U.S. arm of IMF Bentham Limited, one of the oldest and most experienced commercial litigation funders in the world. Craig and David discuss how exactly litigation finance companies work, whether they’re something companies should be afraid of or embrace, and some of the challenges that Bentham IMF faces.
2018-07-1226 min
Impact Makers RadioDAVID KERSTEIN - Investment Manager and Legal Counsel, Bentham IMF, Manhattan, NY on Utilizing Litigation Finance in BankruptcyDavid Kerstein, Investment Manager and Legal Counsel and Radio Talk Show Host, Stewart Andrew Alexander discussed the topic of Utilizing Litigation Finance in Bankruptcy.Kerstein, of Bentham IMF in Manhattan, NY also discussed what individuals should be aware of when retaining a professional to help with their bankruptcy-related issues, and revealed how being an Investment Manager and Legal Counsel fuels his passion for helping people to overcome obstacles, misconceptions and unknown pitfalls which often prevent them from utilizing litigation finance in bankruptcy.To find out more about David Kerstein, visit http://benthamimf.com or dial +1 (347) 767-2059.
2018-05-2432 min
ABI PodcastExamining Issues Surrounding Commercial Litigation Finance in Bankruptcy - Ep. 214Former ABI Resident Scholar Prof. Drew Dawson of the University of Miami School of Law talks with Ken Epstein, an investment manager and legal counsel at Bentham IMF (New York). Epstein, who will join a panel at the ABI Spring Meeting on the latest uses of litigation finance, talks about some of the effective ways litigation finance can be used in bankruptcy.
2018-03-1925 min
ABI PodcastExamining Issues Surrounding Commercial Litigation Finance in Bankruptcy - Ep. 214Former ABI Resident Scholar Prof. Drew Dawson of the University of Miami School of Law talks with Ken Epstein, an investment manager and legal counsel at Bentham IMF (New York). Epstein, who will join a panel at the ABI Spring Meeting on the latest uses of litigation finance, talks about some of the effective ways litigation finance can be used in bankruptcy.
2018-03-1925 min
Building NewLawS03E01: Litigation funding & the expanded opportunities for lawyers & clients, alikePeter Aprile and Natalie Worsfold interview Tania Sulan and Naomi Loewith of Bentham IMF. The group discusses Bentham IMF's recent arrival in Canada, the stimga of litigation funding, and the opportunities it opens for lawyers and clients, alike. CPD Lawyers that have completed the S03E01 BNL CPD cam claim a 40 minute Professionalism CPD credit. To access the S03E01 verification examination click this link.
2018-02-0538 min
Legal Marketing 2.0 PodcastEp. 13 Marketing for Litigators with Litigation Funding CMO Gretchen KoehlerPodcast shownotes
What does it take to build a marketing and business development department?
You’re responsible for sustaining a vision for how a law firm can improve and what it can become.
Also, for inspiring colleagues and partners to embrace the same vision and to work with management on barriers to change.
None of this is possible without buy-in and support from management, especially in top-down cultures. The more management can work hand-in-hand with marketing professionals and support and collaborate with them, the more success you will see over time.
What’s the difference between being CMO at a law...
2017-08-0124 min
Legal Marketing 2.0 PodcastEp. 13 Marketing for Litigators with Litigation Funding CMO Gretchen KoehlerPodcast shownotes What does it take to build a marketing and business development department? You’re responsible for sustaining a vision for how a law firm can improve and what it can become. Also, for inspiring colleagues and partners to embrace the same vision and to work with management on barriers to change. None of this is possible without buy-in and support from management, especially in top-down cultures. The more management can work hand-in-hand with marketing professionals and support and collaborate with them, the more success you will see over time. What’s the difference between being CMO at a law...
2017-08-0124 min
Reinventing ProfessionalsReinventing LitigationI spoke with Charlie Gollow, an investment manager with IMF Australia, a publicly traded Australian company that finances legal claims in excess of AUD $5 million, which recently launched a wholly-owned subsidiary, Bentham Capital, in New York City to fund large-scale cases in the U.S. We discussed IMF, its goals for 2012, the state of the litigation funding market, and the advantages/disadvantages of enlisting a financial partner of this type.
2012-04-0206 min