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.
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Statistics on Legal services in Europe
Overview
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United Kingdom
4
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Germany
4
France
3
Italy
3
Spain
3
Benelux
3
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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 March 20, 2023, 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 March 20, 2023. 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: March 20, 2023. 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 March 20, 2023)
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/