Recession Litigation Takes Off
The New York Times reports that lawsuits resulting from the recession are finally hitting the courts in big numbers. That’s not surprising. What is surprising is the kind of litigation not included in this report.
The significant uptick in recession-related litigation includes the following: bad debts, soured business deals, foreclosures, evictions, contract disputes, commitment proceedings for the mentally ill, divorce, domestic violence, petty theft, and real estate tax disputes. What’s missing from the list is employment litigation.
Given the rate of unemployment and the difficulty of finding jobs, one would think that employment-related lawsuits, always a leading area of litigation even in good times, would definitely be on the list. The current increase in litigation is predicted to be only the first wave of recession-related lawsuits. If true, the second wave may well be dominated by employment lawsuits.
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