Third-Party Litigation Financing

Third-party litigation financing (TPLF), or lawsuit funding, is the practice of investors buying an interest in the outcome of a lawsuit, and has become a multi-billion-dollar industry.

The Problem

Third party litigation financing raises ethical concerns by allowing funders to interfere with litigation decisions, which compromises attorney independence and raises costs for litigants.

ATRA’s Position

If third party litigation financing continues, regulations should be put in place that increase transparency for litigants and maintains the integrity of the judicial system.

Search Through ATRA Reforms

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Third Party Litigation Financing
Subjects TPLF to the maximum usury interest rate or a 25% fee cap, requires automatic disclosure of the agreement in litigation and requires registrat...
Montana
Lawsuit Lending Reform: S.B. 1016 (2013)

Subjects consumer lawsuit lenders to Oklahoma’s Uniform Consumer Credit Code.

Oklahoma
Lawsuit Lending Study Bill: H.B. 1558 (2013)
Urges the legislative council to assign to the interim study committee on insurance, during the 2013 interim of the general assembly, the topic of con...
Indiana
Lawsuit Lending: S.B. 882 (2015)

Lawsuit lending alignment bill that would place the industry under the state’s usury laws.

Arkansas
Lawsuit Lending: S.B. 1360 (2014)

The bill is lawsuit lending regulatory legislation.

Tennessee


Third-Party Litigation Financing News and Press

Explore ATRA's most recent press releases and blogs around Third-Party Litigation Financing

State Tort Laws Negatively Impacting Economies Outlined for DOJ in ATRA Letter

Today, the American Tort Reform Association provided the Department of Jus...

Montana Emerges As National Tort Reform Leader in ATRA’s 2025 “Legislative HeatCheck”

Today, the American Tort Reform Association named Montana a 2025 “Tort Ref...

Oklahoma Named “Tort Reform Trailblazer,” Earns Status as National Leader in New Legislative Report

Today, the American Tort Reform Association named Oklahoma a “Tort Reform ...

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Oregon Local Legal Services Advertising 2021-2025
Trial lawyers and aggregators increasingly spend large sums of money on television, digital,and print advertising to recruit new clients. In 2025, it...
Oregon
The Junk Science Playbook
The Machine That Sparks and Supports Mass Tort LitigationIntroduction and Executive SummaryMass tort litigation is a sprawling, profit-driven...
Bio-Lab, Inc. v. Fannie Tartt et al.
(GA, filed January 20, 2026): Arguing that traditional tort law and persuasive decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court and numerous state high courts do ...
Georgia
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Sanctionable: The unsupported, exaggerated, and suspicious claims plaguing our nation’s courts
There is growing concern that many lawsuits filed in our nation’s courts are unsupported, involve manufactured or exaggerated injuries, or stem from ...
California, Florida, Louisiana, New York, Pennsylvania
Lyon v. Riverside Methodist Hospital et. al.
(OH., filed October 7, 2025): Arguing that the Court should review the lower court’s decision because the Court should comprehensively address the co...
Ohio
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Atlas Turner, Inc. v. Welch
(U.S., filed September 22, 2025): Arguing the Court should review the use of receiverships by the South Carolina asbestos court.  The receivership pr...
SCOTUS
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Letter to House Judiciary Committee re: Protection of Lawful Commerce in Stone Slab Products Act
This letter was submitted on behalf of the American Tort Reform Association to express our support for H.R. 5437, the “Protection of Lawful Commerce ...
California
Letter to DOJ re: RFI on State Laws Having Significant Adverse Effects on the National Economy or Interstate Commerce
Re: Request for Information on State Laws Having Significant Adverse Effects on the National Economy or Significant Adverse Effects on Interstate Com...
Chevron U.S.A. Inc. v. Plaquemines Parish
(U.S., filed September 12, 2025): Arguing that the Louisiana coastal litigation proves the importance of federal officer removal.  The Government law...
SCOTUS
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Suncor Energy Inc., et. al. v. County Commissioners of Boulder County, et. al.
(U.S., filed September 12, 2025): Urging the Court to grant the petition for certiari.  Arguing that global climate change is not traditional state t...
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