Tennessee Code Title 47. Commercial Instruments and Transactions § 47-16-110

(a) All consumers entering into litigation financing transactions shall pay the litigation financier an annual fee of not more than ten percent (10%) of the original amount of money provided to the consumer for the litigation financing transaction.

(b) Litigation financiers shall not charge a consumer the annual fee authorized by subsection (a) more than one (1) time each year with regard to any single legal claim regardless of the number of litigation financing transactions that the litigation financier enters into with the consumer with respect to such legal claim.

(c) Litigation financing transactions shall not exceed a term of three (3) years and are limited to a maximum yearly fee, which shall be calculated to include any underwriting and organization fees, and any other charges, fees, or consideration, not to exceed three hundred sixty dollars ($360) per year, up to a maximum of three (3) years, for each one thousand dollars ($1,000) of the unpaid principal amount of the funds advanced to the consumer. The maximum yearly fee shall not include the annual fee pursuant to subsection (a).

(d) Litigation financiers shall not enter into an agreement with a consumer that has the effect of incorporating the consumer's obligations to the litigation financier that are contained in the original litigation financing transaction into a subsequent litigation financing transaction.