Congress and Courts Are Considering Litigation Financing: Is Disclosure Imminent?
A federal rules committee last month agreed to look at whether to disclose litigation financing, and a bill is pending in Congress.
Who are the lobbyists for and against US litigation funding disclosure regulations?
For 14 years advocacy organisations have pushed the government for regulations on the legal finance industry and they are finally making headway in Congress and the federal judiciary.
Inventors Group to U.S. Courts Committee: Don’t be Duped by Corporate Call for Litigation Funding Transparency
“These massive companies would like the courts to believe that they are only interested in ‘transparency’ and ‘fairness. But their effort is about solidifying their unfair advantage in the justice system.” – Kristen Osenga, Inventors Defense Alliance
New lobby group to advocate for inventors using litigation finance
“If we don’t allow them to have funding, your patent has no value to you, because you can’t afford a sustained litigation battle,” says Kristen Osenga of the Inventors Defense Alliance
New Patent Legal Group Launches To Assist Inventors
Patent experts, including a former Federal Circuit chief judge, former federal officials and current legal scholars, say a new advocacy organization they have formed will back smaller inventors against larger companies in patent fights.
New Group Launched by IP VIPs Promises to Protect Inventors’ Right to Access Capital
A new inventors’ rights group was launched Thursday, September 19, with the aim of “helping startups, small businesses, and entrepreneurs defend their intellectual property rights and access capital.”