Lawsuits by Most-Targeted Industries
Consumer Goods
20% (38)
Food products
20% (38)
Apparel
16% (31)
Leisure products
7% (14)
Educational
7% (13)Consumer Goods has been the most-targeted industry by far over the last few months, but in October the Food Products industry had just as many lawsuits with 38. The 38 suits for Food Products is more than double its previous high.
Apparel slides out of the top-two for the first time ever — although its 31 cases are higher than last month's 28.
Lawsuit Filings per State
New York
72% (138)
Florida
13% (25)
California
13% (24)
Illinois
1% (2)
Indiana
<1% (1)New York continues to see the highest number of lawsuits, now for the sixth straight month. The 138 cases filed in New York in October is an all-time monthly record for any state and accounted for over 70% of all cases filed.
Florida knocked California out of the top-two for the first time since August 2019. The 25 cases in Florida in October marked the highest tally Florida reached for any single month this year.
Law Firms That Filed the Most Lawsuits
Cohen & Mizrahi
New York
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Gottlieb and Associates
New York
Stein Saks, PLLC
New Jersey
Mars Khaimov Law
New York
The Wilshire Law Firm
California
The 37 lawsuits filed by Pacific Trial Attorneys in California were the most suits filed by a single firm in any one month this year. Three of firms listed here are based in New York, which is not surprising given the prominence of cases filed in New York. The five firms listed also filed the most lawsuits in August.