Lawsuit Growth in 2008

Articles in the ABA Section of Litigation’s Litigation News and the Baltimore Business Journal summarize the 2009 Law360 Litigation Almanac.  Among the federal-court findings: class actions rose 8% (reaching an all-time high); product liability litigation increased 20%; federal environmental lawsuits went up for the first time since 2005; and, in contrast, securities litigation dropped by 8%.

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