Date	Chamber	Action
1/8/2013	House	Session Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

205 ILCS 670/21.5 new

815 ILCS 505/2E

from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 262E

815 ILCS 505/2K

from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 262K

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Consumer Installment Loan Act. Defines "lawsuit lending". Provides that the Act shall apply to all lawsuit lending and all lawsuit lenders. Provides that, in any civil action in which a lawsuit lender provides lawsuit lending to a party: (i) the court shall award to the prevailing party all of its costs, expenses, and attorneys' fees, to be assessed against the losing party; (ii) the lawsuit lender shall post with the clerk of the court a bond in the face amount of 25% of the amount of damages claimed by any such party; and (iii) any and all documents that the lawsuit lender obtained from the party in connection with making any decision to begin lawsuit lending must be produced to the opposing party without awaiting a discovery request. Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that a lawsuit lender shall be considered a person who is regularly engaged in the business of making loans to consumers for the purposes of provisions concerning repeated violations of certain Acts and advertisements containing certain terms. Effective immediately.

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
2/14/2012	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. André M. Thapedi
2/15/2012	House	First Reading
2/15/2012	House	Referred to Rules Committee
1/8/2013	House	Session Sine Die

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