Limitations Sent to Governors in NC and Ohio: Litigation Finance

Happy Friday! The only thing that can take my mind off my amazing New York Knicks are some litigation finance bills. Let’s dig in.

Bills to restrict litigation finance passed in both North Carolina and Ohio this week. The bills now await signatures from Govs. Josh Stein (D-N.C.) and Mike DeWine (R-Ohio). I reached out to both offices and neither indicated how the governor was leaning.

North Carolina’s bill bans litigation finance but excludes some other types of funding, such as family members paying for court fees and nonprofit funding of cases. It’s not really clear how much funding is ...