The dispute between Burford and Sysco is heating up, as Burford seeks a court order enforcing an arbitration decision barring the food distribution giant from settling price-fixing claims against major U.S. chicken, pork and beef producers, after Sysco sued Burford for allegedly meddling in Sysco‘s efforts to settle cases.

In a letter addressed to US Attorney General Merrick Garland, a group of 14 Republican state attorneys general warned of what they called potential economic and national security threats posed by investments in US lawsuits by “foreign adversaries”, and asked the US Department of Justice to describe what the federal government has done to address concerns related to third-party litigation funding.