Florida Senators Seek Disclosure of Foreign Litigation Funding

Florida’s two US senators are urging the state’s three federal district court chief judges to impose disclosure requirements on foreign interests seeking to fund US lawsuits.

Sens. Marco Rubio and Rick Scott, both Republicans, said third-party litigation financing investments from foreign actors can exert an “exorbitant” amount of influence on the direction of litigation.

“Most alarmingly, these foreign funders have the potential to provide hostile foreign actors with sufficient sway to exert undisclosed influence on litigation moving through the federal judiciary, including litigation related to critical infrastructure,” Rubio and Scott wrote on Nov. 3 to Chief Judges Mark Walker, Cecilia ...