Attempts to regulate litigation funding and provide additional oversight into the practice have been gaining momentum, not only on a national level in several countries, but also by individual state legislatures in the United States. As LFJ reported in March, one such attempt has begun in California where State Senator Anna M. Caballero introduced the Predatory Lawsuit Lending Prevention Act, SB 581. However, a new development suggests that the scope of this bill will be significantly reduced if it does become state law.