For AlixPartners’ fourth annual litigation and corporate compliance survey, we polled 300 senior executives—general counsel and compliance officers—at US and European companies with annual revenues of $150 million or more between June and October 2016.
At a glance
- Nearly one in ten respondents have been involved in a bet-the-company lawsuit.
- 92% say the number of class action disputes their company has been involved in increased or stayed the same.
- 23% say their companies have been involved in a dispute related to data privacy, up from 13% in 2013.
- 60% of US respondents and 63% of European respondents say data security is important in managing risk.