---
title: "Check a costs and funding disclosure against the judge's order"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/class-actions-representative-proceedings/check-costs-and-funding-disclosure-against-the-practice-note-before-the/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A7-D20261018-3-US"
practice_area: "Class Actions / Representative Proceedings"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Check a costs and funding disclosure against the judge's order

> Compare the draft disclosure with the items the lawyer has copied from the scheduling order or the judge's standing order. Flag an item on that list which the draft does not address. Do not add an item.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/class-actions-representative-proceedings/check-costs-and-funding-disclosure-against-the-practice-note-before-the/united-states  
Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Class Actions / Representative Proceedings](https://ailawframework.com/practice/class-actions-representative-proceedings.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | Compare the draft disclosure with the items the lawyer has copied from the scheduling order or the judge's standing order. Flag an item on that list which the draft does not address. Do not add an item. |
| What the lawyer must review | You decide what the order requires and you write anything filed. There is no national practice note in the rules opened for this task. Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23 governs class certification, notice and, in Rule 23(h), a later fee motion. It is not a substitute for the judge's order on what must be said about funding at the first hearing. You read that order. Formal Opinion 512: the comparison is not the disclosure. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Check costs and funding disclosure against the practice note before the first hearing](https://ailawframework.com/practice/class-actions-representative-proceedings/check-costs-and-funding-disclosure-against-the-practice-note-before-the.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: Compare the draft disclosure with the items the lawyer has copied from the scheduling order or the judge's standing order. Flag an item on that list which the draft does not address. Do not add an item.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- The checklist is the lawyer's copy of the order. The tool does not invent a disclosure item.
- Rule 23(h) is the fee motion in a certified class action. It is not automatically the first-hearing disclosure.

## Sources

- [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23](https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/rule_23) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [ABA Formal Opinion 512, Generative Artificial Intelligence Tools (29 July 2024)](https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/professional_responsibility/ethics-opinions/aba-formal-opinion-512.pdf) (checked 2026-10-22)

## Forms and precedents for this task

| Form or precedent | Kind | AI level | Summary |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [First case management hearing: costs disclosure and readiness note (Federal Court class action)](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/class-actions-representative-proceedings/first-case-management-readiness-note.md) | Memo | Yellow | Note for the first case management hearing under the Class Actions Practice Note: confidential costs disclosure, the funding notice, and the issues the Court expects the parties to address. |

Signed-in accounts can read the full text of each one.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*