Months from filing to recorded resolution
Most actions in this library are recorded as resolved on the same date they are announced, because regulators frequently publish settled matters as a single release rather than filing and settling separately. The distribution therefore describes announcement practice as much as litigation duration.
How this was calculated
Computed as the interval between the dateFiled and dateResolved fields on each case record, for records where both are present. Both dates come from the regulator’s release.
What this chart does not show
- This is not time from conduct to charges. Regulator releases rarely state when the conduct occurred in a machine-readable way, so this site does not claim to measure it.
- A resolution date equal to the filing date means the matter was announced already settled, which is common and pulls the median toward zero.
- Cases still pending have no resolution date and are excluded entirely, which biases the measure toward matters that resolved quickly.
Source
Computed from this site's own case library, which is compiled from the primary releases of the issuing regulators. Regenerated on every build, so the figures move as cases are added.
Regenerated 2026-10-16
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The data
| year | actions_with_resolution_date | median_months |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 5 | 0 |
| 2005 | 9 | 0 |
| 2006 | 9 | 0 |
| 2007 | 15 | 0 |
| 2008 | 17 | 0 |
| 2009 | 14 | 0 |
| 2010 | 14 | 0 |
| 2011 | 16 | 0 |
| 2012 | 8 | 0 |
| 2013 | 107 | 0 |
| 2014 | 138 | 0 |
| 2015 | 203 | 0 |
| 2016 | 186 | 0 |
| 2017 | 208 | 0 |
| 2018 | 223 | 0 |
| 2019 | 181 | 0 |
| 2020 | 173 | 0 |
| 2021 | 134 | 0 |
| 2022 | 451 | 0 |
| 2023 | 328 | 0 |
| 2024 | 226 | 0 |
| 2025 | 167 | 0 |
| 2026 | 108 | 0 |