Sentence examples for litigation is up from inspiring English sources

For instance, patent litigation is up: there were 2,318 patent-related suits in 1999, and 2,830 in fiscal 2006 (though that's down from the peak year, 2004, when 3,075 were filed).

Owens Corning, facing a cooling of its markets as asbestos-related litigation is heating up, said yesterday that it had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

Carbon dioxide litigation is heating up.

But until this litigation is cleared up, and Skype has access to the actual source code that runs its service, that isn't going to happen.

It also says the cost of litigation against the Ministry of Defence is up, with £130m going towards it in 2012-13.

Some market participants suggest there is up to £4bn of litigation exposure for RBS.

"Probate litigation is always sagging up and down," said Dominic Campisi, a San Francisco lawyer who specializes in such work.

So it's fitting that IPO-related settlements and litigation are heating up again.

"All of Wall Street has essentially refused to deal with the real costs of the litigation that they are up against," said Christopher Whalen, a senior managing director at Tangent Capital Partners.

Litigation can easily be up to $5,000-$5,000-$6,000n quickly escalate to $50,000 if you're the main defendant.

But what happens when the dispute winds up in litigation is seldom dissected.