3.0.0 2815 2023-01-11T13:42:32Z 2023-01-11T13:42:32Z Senate S 2018-05-10 115 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2018-05-10T15:37:25Z 2018-05-10 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2625) IntroReferral 2018-05-10 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. N T000476 Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] Thomas Tillis R NC Roland 2018-05-10 True C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2018-05-10 True Law Administrative law and regulatory procedures Lawyers and legal services Legal fees and court costs Law 00 2018-05-10 Introduced in Senate 2019-08-28T12:59:00Z Litigation Funding Transparency Act of 2018

This bill requires disclosure of a commercial entity with a contingency right to receive compensation in class action lawsuits and multidistrict litigation in federal court.

]]> Litigation Funding Transparency Act of 2018 Display Title Litigation Funding Transparency Act of 2018 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to increase transparency and oversight of third-party litigation funding in certain actions, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Litigation Funding Transparency Act of 2018 Introduced in Senate 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s2815is/xml/BILLS-115s2815is.xml 2018-05-10 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2625) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.