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Most common types of pending litigations U.S. 2016-2017

Share of pending litigation against companies in the United States in 2016 and 2017, by type

The data illustrates the share of pending litigation against companies in the U.S. in 2016 and 2017, broken down by the type of litigation. During the 2017 survey, 48% of companies stated that labor or employment lawsuits was amongst the three most common types of pending litigation against their company over the last 12 months.

Labor/ Employment	44	48
Contracts	35	43
Personal industry	22	19
IP actions/ Patents	16	17
Class actions	10	14
Regulatory/ Investigations	15	14
Product liability	14	12

Most common types of pending litigations U.S. 2016-2017

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