This statistic depicts the share of companies worldwide who had lawsuits commencing against them between 2008 and 2017, broken down by the number of lawsuits. During the 2017 survey, 27 percent of respondents reported that 21 or more lawsuits were commenced against their company in the last 12 months.
How many lawsuits were commenced against your company in the last 12 months?
89 percent of respondents were based in the U.S.
The source does not indicate the number of respondents for the surveys prior to 2017 or why some values do not total 100 percent.
* 2014 and 2015 values are combined.
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Norton Rose Fulbright. (October 31, 2017). How many lawsuits were commenced against your company in the last 12 months? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/892472/legal-services-number-of-lawsuits-per-company-worldwide/
Norton Rose Fulbright. "How many lawsuits were commenced against your company in the last 12 months?." Chart. October 31, 2017. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/892472/legal-services-number-of-lawsuits-per-company-worldwide/
Norton Rose Fulbright. (2017). How many lawsuits were commenced against your company in the last 12 months?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/892472/legal-services-number-of-lawsuits-per-company-worldwide/
Norton Rose Fulbright. "How Many Lawsuits Were Commenced against Your Company in The Last 12 Months?." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Oct 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/892472/legal-services-number-of-lawsuits-per-company-worldwide/
Norton Rose Fulbright, How many lawsuits were commenced against your company in the last 12 months? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/892472/legal-services-number-of-lawsuits-per-company-worldwide/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
How many lawsuits were commenced against your company in the last 12 months? [Graph], Norton Rose Fulbright, October 31, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/892472/legal-services-number-of-lawsuits-per-company-worldwide/
