US Judicial Conference remains undecided on litigation funding disclosure
By Nick Robertson ( October 21, 2026, 21:29 GMT | Insight) -- The Judicial Conference of the United States's civil rules committee has not decided whether to pursue nationwide litigation funding disclosure requirements, as limited research and disagreements over the scope of the requirements complicate the debate. One study found few trends in third-party litigation funding in the District of New Jersey, and earlier research found third-party funding concentrated in patent cases before one District of Delaware judge.More than a decade after its first proposal to require disclosure of third-party litigation funding, the Judicial Conference of the United States's Advisory Committee on Civil Rules has remained undecided on whether to pursue a nationwide requirement....
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