Litigation funder Burford says it would be entitled to $1.4 bln of Apple patent verdict

By Blake BrittainUK-listed litigation funder Burford Capital NYSE:BUR said on Monday that its funding agreement would entitle it to about $1.4 billion of a landmark $5.7 billion patent verdict won by Taction Technology against Apple NASDAQ:AAPL, while warning that such large awards rarely survive p…