Civil Litigation,
Law Practice
Apr. 19, 2018
Wisconsin’s litigation funding disclosure law may backfire
Laws like this will give defendants in funded cases an advantage over plaintiffs by revealing at the outset of the case when the plaintiff's money will run out.
David M. Gallagher
Investment Manager and Legal Counsel
Bentham IMF
Email: dgallagher@benthamimf.com
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the biggest-spending lobbying and campaign-financing group in the country, has just cashed in on its spending in Wisconsin. The Republican-controlled legislature and Republican governor have enacted a law drafted by the chamber's Institute for Legal Reform purportedly requiring the disclosure of litigation funding agreements in civil cases in Wisconsin state courts.
While such funding-disclosure laws ar...
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