Litigation Transparency Act of 2024
Key claim: A House bill would require parties in federal civil lawsuits to disclose third-party litigation funding agreements, but it has only been referred to committee and is not law.
Abstract
(HR9922 · 118th Congress) Latest action (2024-10-04): Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Why this matters
Third-party litigation funding is a growing but largely undisclosed feature of federal civil cases, and disclosure requirements would affect how plaintiffs — including civil rights plaintiffs who often rely on outside funders to pursue costly claims — access the courts. Because the bill stalled at committee referral, current practice is unchanged, but the proposal frames an ongoing contested question about balancing due-process transparency with access to justice for under-resourced litigants.