Editing Bed bug (section)

==Society and culture==
=== Legal action ===
Bed bugs are an increasing cause for litigation.<ref name="initi">Initi, John (14 January 2008). "Sleeping with the Enemy". ''[[Maclean's]]''. '''121''' (1): 54–56.</ref> Courts have, in some cases, exacted large [[punitive damage]] judgments on some hotels.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/25/garden/sleeping-with-the-enemy.html | title=Sleeping with the Enemy | author=Kimberly Stevens | access-date=16 January 2010 | work=The New York Times | date=25 December 2003 | archive-date=26 October 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091026221727/http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/25/garden/sleeping-with-the-enemy.html | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080309212407/http://www.projectposner.org/case/2003/347F3d672 Archive] Burl Mathias and Desiree Mathias, Plaintiffs-Appellees/Cross-Appellants</ref><ref>{{citation|url=http://www.harvardlawreview.org/issues/120/march07/shavell.pdf |access-date=16 January 2010 |last=Shavell |first=Steven |title=On the Proper Magnitude of Punitive Damages: ''Mathias v. Accor Economy Lodging, Inc.'' |journal=Harvard Law Review |volume=120 |pages=1223–1227 |year=2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080827181303/http://www.harvardlawreview.org/issues/120/march07/shavell.pdf |archive-date=27 August 2008 }}</ref> Many of New York City's [[Upper East Side]] homeowners have been afflicted, but they tend to remain publicly silent in order not to ruin their property values and be seen as suffering a blight typically associated with "[[lower social class]]."<ref>{{cite news | url=http://nymag.com/news/features/65733/ | title=Bedbugs in the Duvet: An infestation on the Upper East Side | author=Marshall Sella | access-date=11 June 2010 | work=[[New York (magazine)|New York]] | date=2 May 2010 | archive-date=22 March 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180322104414/http://nymag.com/news/features/65733/ | url-status=live }}</ref> Local Law 69 in New York City requires owners of buildings with three or more units to provide their tenants and potential tenants with reports of bedbug history in each unit. They must also prominently post these listings and reports in their building.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-newest-new-york-city-real-estate-laws-that-property_b_5a5e44c9e4b0d8c653bbfffb|title=The Newest New York City Real Estate Laws That Property Owners and Occupants Must Know in 2018|first1=Adam Leitman|last1=Bailey|date=16 January 2018|website=HuffPost|access-date=21 May 2020|archive-date=26 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726174541/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-newest-new-york-city-real-estate-laws-that-property_b_5a5e44c9e4b0d8c653bbfffb|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Idiom===
* "Good night, sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs bite," is a traditional saying.<ref>{{cite journal |last = Berg |first = Rebecca |title = Bed Bugs: The Pesticide Dilemma |journal = Journal of Environmental Health |volume = 72 |issue = 10 |year = 2010 |pages = 32–35 |pmid = 20556941 }}</ref>