31-4-205. Limitations on foreign litigation funding, MCA

Montana Code Annotated 2025

TITLE 31. CREDIT TRANSACTIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS

CHAPTER 4. LITIGATION FINANCING

Part 2. Foreign Investment in Litigation Financing Act

Limitations On Foreign Litigation Funding

31-4-205. Limitations on foreign litigation funding. (1) A foreign person is prohibited from engaging in the activities set forth in subsection (2) if the foreign person directly or indirectly:

(a) engages in litigation financing;

(b) becomes affiliated with or maintains an affiliation with a litigation financer;

(c) finances, funds, or loans money to a litigation financer; or

(d) invests in, maintains an ownership interest in, or exercises any control over a litigation financer.

(2) A foreign person that engages in the activities set forth in subsection (1) may not:

(a) become affiliated with or maintain an affiliation with a foreign adversary or a foreign person of concern;

(b) receive or accept money or funds from a foreign adversary or a foreign person of concern; or

(c) allow a foreign adversary or a foreign person of concern to invest in, maintain an ownership interest in, or exercise any control over the foreign person.

History: En. Sec. 10, Ch. 413, L. 2025.