Litigation Funding Transparency Act of 2021

United States117th CongressHR-2025House of Representatives
Updated: Oct 19, 2021

Summary

Litigation Funding Transparency Act of 2021 This bill requires lawyers for plaintiffs in certain lawsuits to provide the court and other parties in the lawsuit with any agreement that entitles an outside business (i.e., a business that is not a party, class member, or counsel in the lawsuit) to receive payment contingent on the lawsuit's outcome. The lawyers for the plaintiffs shall also provide the identity of the outside business. Specifically, these requirements shall apply to any class action or multi-district litigation (i.e. related civil cases pending in different districts that are consolidated for pretrial proceedings).

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Timeline

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S-840: Litigation Funding Transparency Act of 2021

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

  1. Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

    House of Representatives

  2. Introduced in House

  3. Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.

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