U.S. District Court, N.D. Ohio (MDL 2804) · US (OH) · 2018 · Order entered
Citation/Docket: 2018 WL 2127807 (N.D. Ohio May 7, 2018)
Posture: Sua sponte MDL case-management order
Funder(s) involved: (Various MDL plaintiffs' funders)
Judge Polster ordered plaintiffs' counsel to disclose third-party funding in camera and certify the funder had no control over strategy or settlement.
First major MDL-wide funding disclosure order; in camera model followed elsewhere.
The in-camera + no-control certification model is the template many courts now use; funders should draft agreements able to survive that certification.
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