Third Party Litigation Financing & Litigation Transparency Roundtable

Mar 27, 2025

On Wednesday, March 26, the Law & Economics Center held a roundtable on Third Party Litigation Financing & Litigation Transparency, discussing transparency in our civil justice system, especially when it comes to third party litigation financing (TPLF)—an increasingly used and similarly scrutinized mechanism for financing lawsuits.

Speakers included

• Moderator: The Honorable Trevor N. McFadden, Judge, US District Court for the District of Columbia
• Seth Katsuya Endo, Vice Dean of Intellectual Life and Associate Professor of Law, Seattle University School of Law
• Jamil N. Jaffer, Founder & Executive Director, National Security Institute and Assistant Professor of Law & Director, National Security Law & Policy Program at the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University
• Donald J. Kochan, Professor of Law and Executive Director, Law & Economics Center, George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School
• Maya Steinitz, Professor of Law and R. Gordon Butler Scholar in International Law, Boston University School of Law