Last month, the heated clash between food distributor Sysco and its litigation funder Burford Capital cooled, the parties ending their dispute over settlement authority in a group of price-fixing cases—and also attempting to swap a Burford affiliate in as the plaintiff. However, this week, a group of poultry producers raised concerns about the parties’ request to substitute a newly formed Burford affiliate for Sysco, citing the centuries-old champerty doctrine.