3.0.0 471 2022-11-01T16:17:45Z 2022-11-01T16:17:45Z Senate S 2019-02-13 116 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-02-13T17:30:33Z 2019-02-13 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2019-02-13 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 2019-02-13 True C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2019-02-13 True S001197 Sen. Sasse, Ben [R-NE] Ben Sasse R NE 2019-02-13 True Law Civil actions and liability Judicial procedure and administration Lawyers and legal services Legal fees and court costs Law 00 2019-02-13 Introduced in Senate 2021-05-05T15:09:28Z Litigation Funding Transparency Act of 2019

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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Litigation Funding Transparency Act of 2019 Display Title Litigation Funding Transparency Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced Litigation Funding Transparency Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS 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 Introduced in Senate 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s471is/xml/BILLS-116s471is.xml 2019-02-13 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. 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.