# Litigation exposure for 20 well-known public companies

**Use case:** 

Reads the latest 10-K and the two newest 10-Qs of twenty well-known US public companies, their litigation 8-Ks from the last year, press-wire releases about suits and settlements, and SEC, FTC and DOJ notices that name them, and returns one row per legal matter: type, status, court, case number, amount and a redacted excerpt. People are never named. Swap in your own watchlist.

## Input

```json
{
  "mode": "companies",
  "companies": [
    "Tesla",
    "Boeing",
    "Johnson & Johnson",
    "3M",
    "Coinbase",
    "Meta Platforms",
    "Alphabet",
    "Amazon",
    "Apple",
    "Microsoft",
    "Pfizer",
    "Wells Fargo",
    "Bank of America",
    "Exxon Mobil",
    "UnitedHealth Group",
    "Walmart",
    "Uber Technologies",
    "Chevron",
    "AT&T",
    "Abbott Laboratories"
  ],
  "months": 12,
  "filingsPerCompany": 3,
  "includeFilings": true,
  "includePressReleases": true,
  "includeRegulators": true,
  "types": [],
  "queries": [
    "\"securities class action\"",
    "\"civil investigative demand\""
  ],
  "forms": [
    "8-K",
    "10-Q",
    "10-K"
  ],
  "maxFilings": 50,
  "marketDays": 7,
  "userAgentContact": "Insight Solutions austinhughhillis@gmail.com",
  "maxConcurrency": 2,
  "maxRunSecs": 600,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "company": {
    "label": "Company",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "ticker": {
    "label": "Ticker",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "source": {
    "label": "Source",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "date": {
    "label": "Date",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "title": {
    "label": "Title",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "types": {
    "label": "Types",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "status": {
    "label": "Status",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "court": {
    "label": "Court",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "caseNumber": {
    "label": "Case number",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "amountUsd": {
    "label": "Amount (USD)",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "confidence": {
    "label": "Confidence",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "excerpt": {
    "label": "Excerpt",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "url": {
    "label": "Document URL",
    "format": "string"
  }
}
```

## How it works

### 1. Sign up on Apify or log in

The Litigation Signals API — Lawsuits, Settlements & Investigations Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "Litigation exposure for 20 well-known public companies". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/BJVAmVJ24fChPvUFT) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "Litigation exposure for 20 well-known public companies" task

The Litigation Signals API — Lawsuits, Settlements & Investigations Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like what to look for, companies, and more, to match your specific use case.

### 3. Receive the "Litigation exposure for 20 well-known public companies" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as company, ticker, source, and more.

### 4. Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also [run the "Litigation exposure for 20 well-known public companies" task via API](https://apify.com/insight.solutions/litigation-signals-api.md).

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Litigation Signals API — Lawsuits, Settlements & Investigations](https://apify.com/insight.solutions/litigation-signals-api.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/insight.solutions/litigation-signals-api.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/insight.solutions/litigation-signals-api.md

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).