Recently, the number of suits has declined slightly, but the settlement costs have risen.
A number of suits were filed against him for offences including torture and disappearances.
The high number of suits stems in part from the rising number of restatements of earnings by publicly held companies.
"Considering the number of parcels we upzoned, the number of suits is small," said William McGintee, the town supervisor.
As the number of suits has risen, so too has the number of dioceses seeking the protection of bankruptcy.
And there have been a similar number of suits on the other side, challenging approvals of such plates, in Florida, Louisiana, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Tennessee.
Though there are no statistics on total employment cases, lawyers say the number of suits is rising fast.
The action is the latest in a growing number of suits brought by Eli Gottesdiener of the law firm of Sprenger & Lang, which has offices in Minneapolis and Washington.
"There were a number of suits that the city was involved in that I thought there's no chance of winning," Mr. Bloomberg said.
The number of suits filed against countries at the ICSID is now around 500 – and that figure is growing at an average rate of one case a week.
