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  Senate bill would bring litigation funders out of the shadows, goes further than opioid judge's recent order

  By John O'Brien | Thursday, May 10, 2018 @ 3:10pm

  WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Days after a federal judge overseeing some of the most important current litigation demanded to be told if outside interests were funding it, Republican senators have introduced a bill that would do even more in all class action lawsuits.

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  Groups, including AAJ and AFL-CIO, argue splitting Ninth Circuit would be a mistake

  By Jessica Karmasek | Monday, Aug 28, 2017 @ 2:03pm

  Last week, more than 150 groups and organizations sent a letter to members of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, urging them to oppose any “ill-considered efforts” that would split the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. So far, three such bills have been introduced in Congress this year.

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