“Banks in Court” – Germany Posts Record Growth in Banking Litigation

“Banks in Court” (Banken vor Gericht) is today’s Handelsblatt cover story (Update August 22, 2012: article was paywalled yesterday, now available online), devoted to the dramatic increase of banking litigation in Germany. Handelsblatt looked a various indicators: It surveyed the numbers of actions filed, the provsions made by banks for litigation risks and spoke to judges and lawyers. Activity is up in customer vs. bank litigation as well as in bank-to-bank litigation and most certainly in criminal investigations into the various bank activities.

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