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October saw a 13% decrease in commercial Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings, according to a monthly report from Epiq AACER and ABI. There were 563 commercial chapter 11 filings registered in October 2024, down from the 647 filings registered in October... Read Story
November 06, 2024, 08:10 AM


The 6,067 total commercial chapter 11 bankruptcies filed during the first nine months of 2024 represented a 36 percent increase over the 4,561 filed during the same period in 2023, according to data provided by Epiq AACER, the leading provider of U.S... Read Story
October 04, 2024, 08:10 AM


Overall commercial bankruptcy filings increased 8 percent in August 2024 to 2,562 from 2,358 in August 2023, according to data provided by Epiq AACER, the leading provider of U.S. bankruptcy filing data. August 2024 commercial chapter 11 filings... Read Story
September 05, 2024, 07:58 AM


The 987 total commercial chapter 11 bankruptcies filed during the first six months of 2024 represented a 70 percent increase over the 582 filed during the same period in 2023, according to data provided by Epiq AACER, the leading provider of U.S.... Read Story
July 03, 2024, 08:00 AM


The following members of the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) were elected to leadership positions as officers and directors:  Christopher A. Ward of Polsinelli (Wilmington, Del.) has become ABI President for a one-year term, succeeding Soneet R.... Read Story
April 24, 2024, 08:05 AM


The American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) supports the recently introduced S. 4150 by Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) to extend key provisions of the “Bankruptcy Threshold Adjustment and Technical Corrections Act” that were due to sunset on June 21 for an... Read Story
April 19, 2024, 07:46 AM


It is with profound sadness that ABI announced the passing of Hon. Kevin J. Carey (ret.) of Hogan Lovells (Philadelphia), a venerated figure in the bankruptcy and legal communities, who passed away on April 11. "We are extremely saddened at the news... Read Story
April 18, 2024, 07:55 AM


New bankruptcy filings during the first calendar quarter of 2024 (Jan. 1 through March 31) registered year-over-year increases across all U.S. major filing categories, according to data provided by Epiq Bankruptcy, the leading provider of U.S.... Read Story
April 03, 2024, 08:00 AM


Commercial chapter 11 bankruptcy filings climbed 118 percent in February 2024, with the 822 filings versus the 377 filings in February 2023, according to data provided by Epiq Bankruptcy, the leading provider of U.S. bankruptcy filing data. The... Read Story
March 05, 2024, 08:08 AM


Commercial chapter 11 filings increased 72 percent to 6,569 in calendar year 2023 from the previous year’s total of 3,819, according to data provided by Epiq AACER, the leading provider of U.S. bankruptcy filing data. Overall commercial filings... Read Story
January 04, 2024, 07:58 AM


The bankruptcy filing by WeWork, Inc. in November propelled November commercial chapter 11 filings to 842, an increase of 141 percent over the 349 filings registered in November 2022, according to data provided by Epiq Bankruptcy.The case filed by... Read Story
December 05, 2023, 07:48 AM


Charvi Gupta, a Director at Getzler Henrich & Associates (), has been honored as one of the American Bankruptcy Institute’s (ABI) 40 Under 40 Emerging Leaders in Insolvency Practice for 2023. The recognition, which identifies and honors 40... Read Story
December 04, 2023, 07:27 AM


There were 631 commercial chapter 11 filings registered in October 2023, an increase of 106 percent from the 306 filings registered in October 2022, according to data provided by Epiq Bankruptcy, the leading provider of U.S. bankruptcy filing... Read Story
November 02, 2023, 08:00 AM


The 4,553 total commercial chapter 11 bankruptcies filed during the first nine months of 2023 represented a 61 percent increase over the 2,837 filed during the same period in 2022, according to data provided by Epiq Bankruptcy, the leading provider... Read Story
October 04, 2023, 07:55 AM


There were 634 commercial chapter 11 filings registered in August 2023, an increase of 54 percent from the 411 filings registered in August 2022, according to data provided by Epiq Bankruptcy, the leading provider of U.S. bankruptcy filing data.... Read Story
September 06, 2023, 08:04 AM


There were 362 commercial chapter 11 filings registered in July 2023, an increase of 71 percent from the 212 filings registered in July 2022, according to data provided by Epiq Bankruptcy, the leading provider of U.S. bankruptcy filing data.  Overall... Read Story
August 03, 2023, 08:00 AM


The 2,973 total commercial Chapter 11 bankruptcies filed during the first six months of 2023 represented a 68 percent increase over the 1,766 filed during the same period in 2022, according to data provided by Epiq Bankruptcy.Overall commercial... Read Story
July 05, 2023, 08:18 AM


Commercial Chapter 11 filings increased 105 percent in May 2023 to 680 versus the 332 filings in May 2022, according to data provided by Epiq Bankruptcy, the leading provider of U.S. bankruptcy filing data. Nearly half of the Chapter 11 filings were... Read Story
June 05, 2023, 08:00 AM


Small business filings, captured as subchapter V elections within Chapter 11, increased 81 percent to 157 in April 2023 from 87 in April 2022, according to data provided by Epiq Bankruptcy, the leading provider of U.S. bankruptcy filing data. All... Read Story
May 03, 2023, 08:00 AM


The following members of the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) were elected to leadership positions as officers and directors:  Soneet R. Kapila of KapilaMukamal, LLP (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) becomes ABI President for a one-year term, succeeding Hon... Read Story
April 25, 2023, 07:50 AM


New bankruptcy filings in March 2023 registered year-over-year increases across all U.S. major filing categories for the third month in a row, according to data provided by Epiq Bankruptcy, provider of U.S. bankruptcy filing data.A total of 42,368... Read Story
April 04, 2023, 07:56 AM


New bankruptcy filings in February 2023 registered double-digit increases year-over-year across all U.S. major filing categories, according to data provided by Epiq Bankruptcy. The 31,889 total new bankruptcy filings in February were up 18 percent... Read Story
March 03, 2023, 07:58 AM


Bankruptcy new filings were up year-over-year across Chapter 7, 11, 13 and 15 in January 2023, according to data provided by Epiq Bankruptcy.Total commercial filings increased 12 percent to 1,694 in January 2023 over the 1,508 total filings reported... Read Story
February 06, 2023, 07:45 AM


Commercial chapter 11 filings increased 74 percent to 345 in November 2022 from the 198 filings recorded in November 2021, according to data provided by Epiq Bankruptcy, the leading provider of U.S. bankruptcy filing data.The November 2022 commercial... Read Story
December 06, 2022, 08:00 AM


There were 212 commercial chapter 11 filings registered in July 2022, a decrease of 13 percent from the 245 filings in July 2021, according to data provided by Epiq Bankruptcy, the leading provider of U.S. bankruptcy filing data. Overall commercial... Read Story
August 04, 2022, 07:30 AM


The 447 commercial chapter 11 filings in June represented a 29 percent increase from the 347 filings in June 2021, according to data provided by Epiq Bankruptcy, the leading provider of U.S. bankruptcy filing data. Overall commercial filings... Read Story
July 07, 2022, 07:20 AM


There were 330 commercial chapter 11 filings registered in May 2022, an increase of 34 percent from the 246 filings in May 2021, according to data provided by Epiq Bankruptcy, a provider of U.S. bankruptcy filing data. Overall commercial filings... Read Story
June 06, 2022, 07:35 AM


The American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) announced that William H. Henrich of Getzler Henrich & Associates LLC has been named to a two-year term as ABI Treasurer. An ABI member since 1998, Henrich was recently an at-large member of ABI’s Executive... Read Story
May 17, 2022, 07:09 AM


The American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) elected Ken Mann, Managing Director at SC&H Capital, to its national Board of Directors. Mann was also recognized as ABI’s 2021 Committee Member of the Year. As a Managing Director at SC&H Capital, a leading... Read Story
May 10, 2022, 07:55 AM


Total U.S. bankruptcy filings in April 2022 decreased 21 percent from the previous year, according to data provided by Epiq Bankruptcy, the leading provider of U.S. bankruptcy filing data. Bankruptcy filings totaled 32,508 in April 2022, down from... Read Story
May 05, 2022, 07:24 AM


The American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) applauds the Senate’s swift passage yesterday of the amended S.3823, the “Bankruptcy Threshold Adjustment and Technical Corrections Act.” Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) had recently introduced the legislative... Read Story
April 11, 2022, 07:45 AM


The total 36,049 bankruptcy filings for March represented a 34 percent increase over the 26,993 filings during the previous month of February, according to data provided by Epiq Bankruptcy. Similarly, the 34,244 total noncommercial filings for March... Read Story
April 06, 2022, 07:45 AM


The American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) applauds the introduction of S. 3823, the “Bankruptcy Threshold Adjustment and Technical Corrections Act,” which would permanently set the debt limit at $7.5 million for small businesses electing to file for... Read Story
March 21, 2022, 07:26 AM


Commercial Chapter 11 filings in February totaled 203, a 52 percent drop from the 420 commercial Chapter 11 filings in February 2021, according to data provided by Epiq. The 1,420 commercial filings in February 2022 were 28 percent less than the... Read Story
March 08, 2022, 07:45 AM


The 195 commercial chapter 11 filings in November 2021 represented a 70 percent decrease from the 654 filings in November 2020, according to data provided by Epiq. Commercial bankruptcy filings as a whole totaled 1,565 in November 2021, a 33 percent... Read Story
December 08, 2021, 07:40 AM


The 294 commercial chapter 11 filings recorded in October 2021 represented a 19 percent increase from the 247 commercial chapter 11 filings in September 2021, according to data provided by Epiq. Overall October 2021 business filings increased 4... Read Story
November 05, 2021, 07:38 AM


Commercial Chapter 11 filings totaled 247 in September, a 67 percent decrease from September 2020’s total of 749 filings. September 2020 business filings were 1,690, a decrease of 37 percent compared to the 2,683 business filings in September... Read Story
October 08, 2021, 07:52 AM


Commercial chapter 11 filings decreased 50 percent in August 2021 from last year, according to data provided by Epiq Systems. The 264 commercial chapter 11 filings in August 2021 fell by exactly half from the 528 filings registered in August 2020.... Read Story
September 08, 2021, 07:23 AM


The 349 commercial chapter 11 filings in June represented a 42 percent increase from the 246 filings in May 2021, according to data provided by Epiq. Total commercial filings in June increased 11 percent to 1,983 from the 1,791 commercial filings in... Read Story
July 08, 2021, 07:00 AM


Total commercial Chapter 11 filings in May decreased 66 percent from the previous year, according to data provided by Epiq, the American Bankruptcy Institute said. Commercial Chapter 11 filings totaled 246 in May, down from the 725 commercial Chapter... Read Story
June 07, 2021, 07:14 AM


The American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) announced that Eve H. Karasik of Levene Neale Bender Yoo & Brill (Los Angeles) has been named to a two-year term as the first ABI Vice President-Diversity & Inclusion. The position was created this year to... Read Story
May 06, 2021, 07:34 AM


The following members of the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) were elected to leadership positions as officers and directors:  Robert P. Reynolds of Reynolds, Reynolds & Little, LLC (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) becomes ABI President for a one-year term... Read Story
April 26, 2021, 08:02 AM


Getzler Henrich's Mark D. Podgainy is participating on a panel hosted by the American Bankruptcy Association at its Annual Spring Meeting 2021 entitled "Dealing with the Insolvent or Near-Insolvent Hotel Debtor — Debtor and Creditor Perspectives... Read Story
April 13, 2021, 06:54 AM


The total 43,425 bankruptcy filings for March represented a 39 percent increase over the 31,221 filings during the previous month of February, according to data provided by Epiq. Similarly, the 41,150 total noncommercial filings for March represented... Read Story
April 07, 2021, 07:30 AM


The American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) sent a letter to Senate Judiciary Committee leadership on Friday supporting S. 473, the "COVID-19 Bankruptcy Relief Extension Act," to extend, for another year, bankruptcy-relief provisions due to sunset in the... Read Story
March 09, 2021, 07:06 AM


Commercial Chapter 11 filings in January 2021 totaled 479, a 24 percent drop from the 631 commercial Chapter 11 filings in January 2020, according to data provided by Epiq. The 2,035 commercial filings in January 2021 were 43 percent less than the... Read Story
February 08, 2021, 06:00 AM


Commercial Chapter 11 filings increased 29 percent during calendar year 2020 as the total of 7,128 climbed past the 5,519 recorded during calendar year 2019, according to data provided by Epiq. The 2020 commercial Chapter 11 filing total was the... Read Story
January 13, 2021, 08:12 AM


ABI announced the promotion of Karim Guirguis, MBA, to the position of Chief Operating Officer. Formerly ABI’s Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer, Guirguis joined the staff in 2002 and has continually provided vision and leadership in providing... Read Story
December 22, 2020, 08:10 AM


Commercial Chapter 11 filings increased 46 percent in November over November of last year, according to data provided by Epiq. Increasing from November 2019’s commercial Chapter 11 filing total of 449, nearly half of the 654 commercial Chapter 11... Read Story
December 07, 2020, 08:55 AM


Commercial Chapter 11 filings increased slightly as the 550 filings in October 2020 were up 4 percent over the 530 recorded in October 2019, according to data provided by Epiq Systems, Inc. Throughout 2020, more than one-half of the commercial... Read Story
November 10, 2020, 08:00 AM


Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, courts have alleviated some financial burdens of bankrupt retailers by granting “mothball motions,” allowing companies to shelve post-petition rental payments, according to an article in the August ABI... Read Story
August 31, 2020, 08:24 AM


Total commercial Chapter 11 filings in July increased 52 percent from the previous year, according to data provided by Epiq. Commercial Chapter 11 filings totaled 643 in July, expanding from the July 2019 total of 423, according to the American... Read Story
August 06, 2020, 09:15 AM


Total commercial Chapter 11 filings in May increased 48 percent from the previous year, according to data provided by Epiq Systems, Inc. Commercial Chapter 11 filings totaled 722 in May 2020, elevated from the May 2019 total of 487, the American... Read Story
June 04, 2020, 09:15 AM


otal Commercial Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings for the first calendar quarter of 2020 increased 14 percent from the same period last year, according to data provided by Epiq Systems, Inc. The 1,709 total commercial Chapter 11s from Jan. 1 through... Read Story
April 07, 2020, 08:55 AM


Total commercial Chapter 11 filings in February 2020 decreased 20 percent over the same period last year, according to data provided by Epiq Systems, Inc. The 547 commercial Chapter 11 filings in February 2020 were down from the 685 commercial... Read Story
March 17, 2020, 09:15 AM


Total commercial Chapter 11 filings in January 2020 increased 72 percent over the same period last year, according to data provided by Epiq Systems, Inc., the American Bankruptcy Institute reported. The 630 Commercial Chapter 11 filings in January... Read Story
February 06, 2020, 09:10 AM


The commercial Chapter 11 filing total of 5,502 during calendar year 2019 represented a 0.36 percent increase from the 5,482 commercial Chapter 11 filings in 2018, according to data provided by Epiq Systems, Inc. The 38,944 total commercial filings... Read Story
January 07, 2020, 08:00 AM


Commercial Chapter 11 filings decreased 7 percent to 520 filings from the 557 commercial Chapter 11 filings in October 2018, according to data provided by Epiq Systems, Inc. Overall October business filings increased 3 percent to 3,527 from last... Read Story
November 07, 2019, 08:35 AM


Commercial Chapter 11 filings totaled 414 in September, a 33 percent increase over September 2018’s total of 312 filings, according to data provided by Epiq Systems, Inc. Overall business filings increased 11 percent to 3,129 filings in September... Read Story
October 04, 2019, 09:00 AM


Total commercial Chapter 11 filings during the first six months of the year increased 5 percent to 2,854 from the 2,716 total filings during the same period in 2018, American Bankruptcy Institute reported. Total commercial filings also increased... Read Story
July 10, 2019, 08:55 AM


Total commercial Chapter 11 filings increased 7 percent to 478 in May 2019 from the May 2018 total of 448, according to data provided by Epiq Systems, Inc. Total commercial filings increased 3 percent in May 2019, as the 3,483 filings were up from... Read Story
June 12, 2019, 08:45 AM


Total commercial Chapter 11 filings increased 11 percent to 440 in April 2019 from the April 2018 total of 395, according to data provided by Epiq Systems, Inc. Total commercial filings increased 5 percent in April 2019, as the 3,443 filings were up... Read Story
May 07, 2019, 09:05 AM


Total commercial Chapter 11 filings in February 2019 increased 60 percent over the same period last year, according to data provided by Epiq Systems, Inc. The 681 commercial Chapter 11 filings in February 2019 were up from the 425 commercial Chapter... Read Story
March 13, 2019, 07:12 AM


Commercial Chapter 11 filings declined slightly in January, with 365 total commercial Chapter 11 filings down from January 2018’s total of 366, according to data provided by Epiq Systems, Inc. Total commercial bankruptcy filings increased slightly to... Read Story
February 07, 2019, 08:00 AM


Commercial Chapter 11 filings increased 50 percent in November 2018 over November of last year, according to data provided by Epiq Systems, Inc. The 653 commercial Chapter 11 filings registered in November 2018 jumped from November 2017’s commercial... Read Story
December 06, 2018, 08:00 AM


Commercial Chapter 11 filings increased 75 percent in October 2018 over October of last year, according to data provided by Epiq Systems, Inc. The 554 commercial Chapter 11 filings registered in October 2018 were up from October 2017’s commercial... Read Story
November 06, 2018, 08:00 AM


Commercial chapter 11 filings totaled 308 in September, a 31 percent decrease over September 2017’s total of 445 filings, according to data provided by Epiq Systems, Inc. Overall business filings decreased to 2,783 filings in September, a 5 percent... Read Story
October 04, 2018, 07:10 AM


Commercial Chapter 11 bankruptcies for August totaled 361, down 27 percent from the 492 commercial Chapter 11 filings in August 2017, according to data provided by Epiq Systems, Inc. Total business filings decreased 6 percent to 3,164 from August... Read Story
September 07, 2018, 07:17 AM


Commercial Chapter 11 bankruptcies for the month of July 2018 totaled 411, up 23 percent from the 333 commercial Chapter 11 filings last July, according to data provided by Epiq Systems, Inc. Total business filings in July 2018 increased 5 percent to... Read Story
August 07, 2018, 07:06 AM


Total U.S. bankruptcy filings fell 4 percent in the first calendar quarter (Jan. 1 - March 31) of 2018 from the same period in 2017, according to data provided by Epiq Systems, Inc. Bankruptcy filings totaled 187,331 in the first quarter of 2018... Read Story
April 06, 2018, 07:39 AM


Commercial chapter 11 filings increased 12 percent in November 2017 over November of last year, according to data provided by Epiq Systems, Inc. Commercial chapter 11s totaled 433 in November 2017, up from the 386 commercial chapter 11s in November... Read Story
December 06, 2017, 07:19 AM


Total U.S. bankruptcy filings increased 2 percent in October 2017 over October of last year, according to data provided by Epiq Systems, Inc. Filings totaled 64,579 in October 2017, up slightly from the October 2016 total of 63,082. Consumer... Read Story
November 06, 2017, 07:19 AM


Commercial chapter 11 filings totaled 425 in September, a 16 percent increase over September 2016’s total of 365 filings, according to data provided by Epiq Systems, Inc. Overall business filings decreased to 2,854 filings in September, a 12 percent... Read Story
October 04, 2017, 07:25 AM


Total U.S. bankruptcy filings increased 5 percent in January 2017 from the same period last year, according to data provided by Epiq Systems, Inc. Bankruptcy filings totaled 55,212 in January 2017, up from the January 2016 total of 52,560. With the... Read Story
February 06, 2017, 07:00 AM


Total commercial filings during calendar year 2016 (Jan. 1-Dec. 31) were 37,771, a 26 percent increase from the 29,920 filings for 2015, according to data provided by Epiq Systems, Inc. There were 5,438 commercial chapter 11s filings during calendar... Read Story
January 06, 2017, 07:42 AM


Total U.S. commercial bankruptcy filings increased 26 percent in November 2016 over November of last year, according to data provided by Epiq Systems, Inc. Commercial filings totaled 2,908 in November 2016, up from the November 2015 total of 2,311.... Read Story
December 06, 2016, 07:45 AM


Total U.S. commercial bankruptcy filings increased 21 percent in October 2016 over October of last year, according to data provided by Epiq Systems, Inc. Commercial filings totaled 3,023 in October 2016, up from the October 2015 total of 2,491.... Read Story
November 04, 2016, 07:36 AM


U.S. commercial bankruptcy filings during the first nine months of the year increased 28 percent to 28,789 over the 22,444 filings during the same period in 2015, according to data provided by Epiq Systems, Inc. Commercial chapter 11 filings rose... Read Story
October 06, 2016, 07:30 AM


Total U.S. commercial bankruptcy filings increased 28 percent in August 2016 over August of last year, according to data provided by Epiq Systems, Inc. Commercial filings totaled 3,199 in August 2016, up from the August 2015 total of 2,491. August is... Read Story
September 09, 2016, 12:02 PM


Leading global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) has bolstered its North American Commercial Restructuring practice with the addition of seasoned restructuring expert David Miller who joins the group as a Managing Director in its... Read Story
August 25, 2016, 07:33 AM


JND Legal Administration, a management and administration company delivering service lines in class action, mass tort, corporate restructuring, government services and eDiscovery, today announced that Michael J. Hill is joining JND Corporate... Read Story
August 24, 2016, 07:18 AM


Total U.S. commercial bankruptcy filings increased 10 percent in July 2016 over July of last year, according to data provided by Epiq Systems, Inc. Commercial filings totaled 2,922 in July 2016, up from the July 2015 total of 2,661. July is the ninth... Read Story
August 08, 2016, 07:57 AM


Total commercial filings during the first six months of the year (Jan. 1-June 30) increased 29 percent to 19,470 over the 15,071 total commercial filings during the same period in 2015, according to data provided by Epiq Systems, Inc. Commercial... Read Story
July 07, 2016, 07:52 AM


Total U.S. commercial bankruptcy filings increased 32 percent in May 2016 over May of last year, according to data provided by Epiq Systems, Inc. Commercial filings totaled 3,358 in May 2016, up from the May 2015 total of 2,550. May is the seventh... Read Story
June 03, 2016, 07:43 AM


Total U.S. commercial bankruptcy filings increased 32 percent in April 2016 over April of last year, according to data provided by Epiq Systems, Inc. Commercial filings totaled 3,482 in April 2016, up from the April 2015 total of 2,641. April is the... Read Story
May 05, 2016, 08:02 AM


Conway MacKenzie announced Jeff Tischler has joined the firm’s growing Birmingham team as managing director. In his new role, Tischler will work within the firm’s restructuring practice, fostering client relationships and business development.   With... Read Story
April 11, 2016, 07:57 AM


Total U.S. bankruptcy filings fell 5 percent in the first calendar quarter (Jan. 1 - March 31) of 2016 from the same period in 2015, according to data provided by Epiq Systems, Inc. Bankruptcy filings totaled 195,565 in the first quarter of 2016... Read Story
April 08, 2016, 07:47 AM


Huron Consulting Group announced that Peter G. Wollmeringer has joined the Company as a managing director in its Business Advisory practice to assist clients through the complexities of value in connection with financial transactions.“Peter’s deep... Read Story
March 11, 2016, 07:56 AM


Total U.S. bankruptcy filings decreased just 1 percent in February from the same period last year, according to data provided by Epiq Systems, Inc. Bankruptcy filings totaled 64,662 in February 2016, down slightly from the February 2015 total of... Read Story
March 07, 2016, 08:04 AM


Total U.S. bankruptcy filings decreased 11 percent in January from the same period last year, according to data provided by Epiq Systems, Inc. Bankruptcy filings totaled 52,522 in January 2016, down from the January 2015 total of 59,092. Consumer... Read Story
February 05, 2016, 07:51 AM


Total bankruptcy filings totaled 819,240 nationwide for calendar year 2015 (Jan. 1-Dec. 31), a 10 percent decrease from the 910,397 total filings during the same period a year ago, according to data provided by Epiq Systems, Inc. The 789,222 total... Read Story
January 11, 2016, 07:37 AM


Total bankruptcy filings totaled 819,240 nationwide for calendar year 2015 (Jan. 1-Dec. 31), a 10 percent decrease from the 910,397 total filings during the same period a year ago, according to data provided by Epiq Systems, Inc. The 789,222 total... Read Story
January 08, 2016, 07:11 AM


Total bankruptcy filings in the United States increased 5 percent in November 2015 from November of last year, according to data provided by Epiq Systems, Inc. Bankruptcy filings totaled 65,511 in November 2015, up from the November 2014 total of... Read Story
December 04, 2015, 07:38 AM


U.S. bankruptcy filings totaled 629,570 during the first nine months of 2015 (Jan. 1-September 30), an 11 percent decrease from the 705,728 total filings during the same period a year ago, according to data provided by Epiq Systems, Inc. The 607,182... Read Story
October 08, 2015, 07:39 AM


Total commercial chapter 11 filings in the United States increased 77 percent in July 2015 over July of last year, according to data provided by Epiq Systems, Inc.Commercial chapter 11 filings increased to 637 filings in July 2015 from the 359... Read Story
August 07, 2015, 07:27 AM


Total bankruptcy filings totaled 422,782 nationwide during the first six months of 2015 (Jan. 1-June 30), a 12 percent decrease from the 479,573 total filings reported during the same period a year ago, according to data provided by Epiq Systems, Inc... Read Story
July 09, 2015, 07:34 AM


The looming maturity of large numbers of commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) is a signal to borrowers and professionals involved in commercial loans to be prepared for a potential crisis, according to the November edition of the ABI Journal.... Read Story
November 24, 2014, 07:36 AM


Total bankruptcy filings totaled 705,452 nationwide during the first nine months of 2014 (Jan. 1-September 30), a 12 percent decrease from the 801,989 total filings during the same period a year ago, according to data provided by Epiq Systems, Inc.... Read Story
October 06, 2014, 07:19 AM


Total bankruptcy filings in the United States decreased 12 percent in July 2014 over July of last year, according to data provided by Epiq Systems, Inc. Bankruptcy filings totaled 77,469 in July 2014, down from the July 2013 total of 87,746. Consumer... Read Story
August 06, 2014, 06:35 AM


Total bankruptcy filings totaled 479,362 nationwide during the first six months of 2014 (Jan. 1-June 30), a 12 percent decrease from the 544,561 total filings during the same period a year ago, according to data provided by Epiq Systems, Inc. The 460... Read Story
July 07, 2014, 07:31 AM