In what can be described as political self-immolation, Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) has introduced legislation that undermines a critical tool in our fight against woke capitalism and one of the few tools the average American consumer has to fight back against corporate goliaths. Tillis’ proposal to hogtie third-party litigation funding threatens to weaken the mechanisms we rely on to hold corporations accountable when they prioritize political and financial agendas over consumer interests.
Third-party litigation financing is a contract in which a third-party offers funding for a lawsuit in exchange for an interest in damages recovered. Without it, large corporations have the ability to crush opposition with high-priced lawyers and never-ending legal fees. But with litigation financing, everyday Americans can access the financial capital they need just to have a chance to fight back against companies that have increasingly participated in DEI-related discrimination, debanking and other aspects of the far-Left’s woke agenda.
Read Will Hild’s full op-ed at the Daily Wire