COMMENTARY: Movement is growing to expose hidden litigation funders

By Jack Kalavritinos InsideSources.com August 29, 2026 - 9:01 pm An insidious financial arrangement is happening inside American courtrooms that most people never hear about. Third-party investors and some foreign investors are pouring billions of dollars into lawsuits they did not originate, in pursuit of one thing: outsized returns on a litigation investment. This is third-party litigation funding, known as TPLF, and the growing movement to bring it into the open is one of the most important legal reform efforts in decades. The Washington Health Innovation Council has been tracking this issue, and its 2024-25 annual report documented an unmistakable pattern for its member companies. Health-care innovators, from medical device manufacturers to biopharmaceutical developers, are being targe