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LexShares Marketplace Fund I (LMFI) enables investors to gain exposure to multiple litigation finance assets through one investment vehicle. LMFI will invest in cases posted to the LexShares platform as well as other litigation finance opportunities.
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Breach of Contract, Fraud, False Arrest and Imprisonment
A Fortune 500 Company allegedly sold counterfeit equipment to an IT reseller. After the reseller attempted to sell the equipment the reseller's offices were raided by police for selling counterfeit equipment, the equipment seized, and sales associates arrested and imprisoned.
Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Fraud, Negligence
Wealth management advisors are accused of defrauding the plaintiff out of tens of millions of dollars that they were entrusted to manage, leading to the closure of the plaintiff's business.
Breach of Contract, Promissory Estoppel
Plaintiff was hired to create a digital platform to centralize communications and fundraising among members and subsidiaries of the defendant. The plaintiff alleges that defendant breached its contractual obligations by failing to roll out the platform to its members, abruptly ending the project, and...
Qui Tam / Whistleblower
This is a whistleblower lawsuit against a government contractor. The defendant allegedly engaged in an illegal course of conduct by submitting numerous false claims related to the mispricing of government contracts for software and related services.
Trademark Infringement
Defendants allegedly infringed on Plaintiff's registered trademarks by using them without authorization.
Negligence, Breach of Contract
Defendant was allegedly negligent when its contractors, who were hired to perform office-remodeling work, removed and discarded valuable property from an office leased by the plaintiff. As a result of the defendant's negligence, the plaintiff suffered a substantial loss.
Breach of contract
A mass-marketer of consumer products allegedly breached a contract with a toy manufacturer by failing to pay royalties, by selling unauthorized products from competitors, and by failing to use its best efforts to assist the toy manufacturer in achieving market share and selling inventory.
Breach of contract
Defendant allegedly breached several large contracts by failing to pay Plaintiff amounts specified in those contracts.
Patent infringement
After ending a multi-year partnership with Plaintiff, Defendant introduced a software application that allegedly infringed on Plaintiff's patents, causing damages to Plaintiff's business.
Breach of Contract
Defendant allegedly breached their lease agreement by unilaterally terminating it and vacating the building prior to the end of the term. Per the lease, upon breach, the landlord is due the rent and other charges for the balance of the term of the lease, which they have not paid.
Breach of Contract
Defendant allegedly breached their distribution agreement by failing to purchase from Plaintiff the number of units specified in the agreement.
Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Fraud
Defendants allegedly breached company agreements by improperly attempting to expel Plaintiff and failing to pay fair value for his ownership interest.
Breach of contract
Defendant allegedly breached a contract by failing to pay Plaintiff amounts specified in the contract.
Breach of Contract
Defendant allegedly breached a contract with Plaintiff by failing to process a minimum number of transactions using Plaintiff's software and by developing its own software based on Plaintiff's proprietary technology.
Qui Tam / Whistleblower
This is a qui tam whistleblower claim brought against a health care provider under the False Claims Act. Defendant allegedly engaged in an illegal course of conduct by submitting numerous false claims.
Business Tort
After providing services to Defendant for four years, Plaintiff suffered extraordinary losses to his company because Defendant allegedly applied toxic materials to areas where Plaintiff's business assets were located.
Breach of Contract
Defendants allegedly refused to continue paying Plaintiff his fees relating to a popular Broadway show that they co-produced. Defendants also allegedly infringed a copyrighted work owned by Plaintiff by using it in a production without Plaintiff's consent for their own commercial purposes.
Copyright infringement
After its trademark applications were denied due to similarity with a federally registered trademark owned by Plaintiff, Defendants decided to nevertheless brand and market their new product using the protected trademark, causing damages to Plaintiff's business.
Breach of Contract
When Plaintiff resigned, Defendants allegedly breached company agreements by improperly attempting to expel Plaintiff, failing to pay fair market value for his ownership interest, and engaging in a sham valuation of the companies.
Settlement
This opportunity relates to termination of a multi-million contract with a renewable energy company by a municipality. According to the terms of the contract, it allegedly entitles the energy company to receive millions in damages from the municipality for indirect costs and profits associated with the...
Trademark infringement
Defendants allegedly infringed Plaintiff's trademarks by selling, without authorization, various products and services bearing counterfeit designations that are identical to, or substantially indistinguishable from, the Plaintiff's brand.
Qui Tam / Whistleblower
This is a whistleblower claim brought against a publicly traded company under the False Claims Act. The defendant allegedly engaged in an illegal course of conduct by submitting numerous false claims.
Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Wrongful Termination, Breach of Contract
A technology company allegedly ousted its co-founder and other high-level employees after they expressed concerns about the firm's mismanagement and breaches of fiduciary duty. The former employees claim that those in control of the firm continually used the work of the team to augment their personal...
Products Liability
Products liability lawsuit against a Fortune 500 multinational manufacturer based in the United States. The case relates to catastrophic damages allegedly sustained from the use of a popular consumer packaged good.
Business Tort
This is a claim for business losses against a large energy company, its related companies, and several other large defendants in the oil & gas industry. The plaintiffs allege the defendants' negligent actions and direct interference caused millions in damages to their business.
Breach of Contract, Fraud, False Arrest and Imprisonment
A Fortune 500 Company allegedly sold counterfeit equipment to an IT reseller. After the reseller attempted to sell the equipment the reseller's offices were raided by police for selling counterfeit equipment, the equipment seized, and sales associates arrested and imprisoned.
Legal malpractice
This is a legal malpractice case brought by an athletic association against a law firm for allegedly mishandling a key provision in the association's governing agreement that materially affected its business and legal relationship with members.
Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Fraud
This is a breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract and fraud claim by an owner against a medical company and its management group for allegedly improperly transferring valuable rights belonging to the company to various third-parties.
Breach of contract
This is a breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty claim against a high net worth individual and investor group. The plaintiff alleges that defendants illegally squeezed him out of a lucrative business opportunity relating to the development of a luxury condominium project.
Breach of contract
A mass-marketer of consumer products allegedly breached a contract with a toy manufacturer by failing to pay royalties, by selling unauthorized products from competitors, and by failing to use its best efforts to assist the toy manufacturer in achieving market share and selling inventory.
Breach of contract, Misappropriation of trade secrets
This is a breach of contract, misappropriation of trade secrets case by a startup against a white label reseller. White label reseller allegedly disclosed confidential information regarding the startup's technology.
Civil rights
This is a civil rights case for wrongful incarceration against a large U.S. municipality and various police officers. Plaintiff spent several decades in prison for murder, whose conviction was eventually overturned.
RICO, Fraud
Plaintiffs allege a violation by Defendants of the RICO Act relating to a real estate transaction, whereby Defendants, through a web of related companies, operated a Ponzi Scheme that defrauded Plaintiffs by squandering amounts deposited by them in trust with Defendants.
Qui Tam / Whistleblower
This is a whistleblower lawsuit against a publicly traded government contractor. The defendant allegedly engaged in an illegal course of conduct by submitting numerous false claims related to the mispricing of government contracts.
Products Liability
This is a products liability and wrongful death claim against a multinational Fortune 500 manufacturer relating the use of its product, which allegedly led to the death of the user.
Qui Tam / Whistleblower
This is a Qui Tam/Whistleblower claim brought against a New York business under New York's False Claims Act for a tax evasion scheme.
Products Liability
This is a products liability and wrongful death claim against a multinational Fortune 500 manufacturer relating the use of its product, which allegedly led to the death of the user.
Breach of contract, Misappropriation of trade secrets
This is a breach of contract, misappropriation of trade secrets case by a startup against a white label reseller. White label reseller allegedly disclosed confidential information regarding the startup's technology.
Breach of Contract, Fraud
This is a breach of contract and fraudulent inducement claim against an oil & gas developer. The plaintiff alleges the defendant failed to pay several million dollars relating to a successful oil & gas venture.
Products Liability
Products liability lawsuit against a Fortune 500 multinational manufacturer based in the United States. The case relates to catastrophic damages allegedly sustained from the use of a popular consumer packaged good.