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Total individual chapter 7 filings in November 2024 were 22,886, a 14 percent increase over the 20,149 filings recorded in November 2023, according to data provided by Epiq AACER, the leading provider of U.S. bankruptcy filing data.  Total bankruptcy... Read Story
December 05, 2024, 07:05 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, 07:08 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 30, 2024, 07:00 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, 06:55 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, 07:05 AM


Bankruptcy filings in August across all chapters totaled 35,355, a 10 percent increase from the August 2021 total of 32,276, according to new research from Epiq's Bankruptcy Analytics platform.Overall commercial filings increased 6 percent in August... Read Story
September 02, 2022, 07:16 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, 07:07 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, 07:00 AM


The American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) applauded President Joe Biden for signing into law yesterday the amended S.3823, the “Bankruptcy Threshold Adjustment and Technical Corrections Act.” The bill was introduced by Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) to... Read Story
June 24, 2022, 07:10 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, 07:07 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, 07:00 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, 07:01 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, 07:06 AM


The 1,499 commercial bankruptcy filings in January were 27 percent fewer than the 2,049 registered in January 2021, according to data provided by Epiq. Commercial Chapter 11 filings in January totaled 223, a 53 percent drop from the 479 commercial... Read Story
February 07, 2022, 07:18 AM


Commercial bankruptcy filings declined, as the 22,339 business filings in calendar year 2021 represented a 31 percent drop from the 32,517 recorded in calendar year 2020. Commercial Chapter 11 filings registered the largest percentage decrease during... Read Story
January 10, 2022, 07:10 AM


The 195 commercial Chapter 11 filings in November 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, 07:15 AM


Commercial Chapter 11 filings decreased 47 percent, as the 294 filings in October 2021 fell by almost half from the 550 recorded in October 2020. Overall commercial filings in October 2021 totaled 1,775, down 30 percent from the 2,539 filings in... Read Story
November 05, 2021, 07:09 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, 07:12 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, 07:17 AM


Total commercial Chapter 11 filings in July decreased 62 percent from the previous year, according to data provided by Epiq, according to the American Bankruptcy Institute. Commercial Chapter 11 filings totaled 244 in July, down from the July 2020... Read Story
August 06, 2021, 07:15 AM


The 349 commercial Chapter 11 filings in June represented a 42 percent increase from the 246 filings in May, according to data provided by Epiq, the American Bankruptcy Institute announced. Total commercial filings in June increased 11 percent to... 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, 07:20 AM


Commercial Chapter 11 filings decreased 9 percent in March to 384 from the 420 commercial Chapter 11 filings in February, according to data provided by Epiq  The 2,275 total commercial filings in March represented a 16 percent increase from the 1,965... Read Story
April 07, 2021, 07:00 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, 07:18 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 11, 2021, 07:15 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, 07:20 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, 07:20 AM


Commercial Chapter 11 filings increased 17 percent in August 2020 from last year, according to data provided by Epiq Systems, Inc., according to the American Bankruptcy Institute. The 526 commercial Chapter 11 filings in August 2020 were up over the... Read Story
September 11, 2020, 07:00 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, 07:20 AM


Total commercial Chapter 11 filings during the first six months of the year increased 26 percent to 3,604 from the 2,855 total filings during the same period in 2019, according to data provided by Epiq, the American Bankruptcy Institute announced.... Read Story
July 07, 2020, 07:25 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, 07:27 AM


Total commercial Chapter 11 filings were up 26 percent to 560 in April from the April 2019 total of 444, according to data provided by Epiq Systems, Inc., the American Bankruptcy Institute reported. Total commercial filings decreased 35 percent in... Read Story
May 05, 2020, 07:22 AM


Total 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, 07:30 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, 07:23 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, 07:25 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, 07:20 AM


Commercial Chapter 11 filings decreased 32 percent in November 2019 over November of last year, according to data provided by Epiq Systems, Inc. The 450 commercial Chapter 11 filings registered in November 2019 dropped from November 2018’s commercial... Read Story
December 06, 2019, 07:15 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, 07:20 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, 07:21 AM


Commercial Chapter 11 filings increased 19 percent in August from last year, according to data provided by Epiq Systems, Inc. The 432 commercial Chapter 11 filings in August 2019 were up 19 percent over the 364 filings registered in August 2018.... Read Story
September 06, 2019, 07:15 AM


Total commercial Chapter 11 filings in July increased 1 percent to 417 from the 413 total filings during the same period in 2018, the American Bankruptcy Institute reported. July 2019 business filings increased 4 percent to 3,258 from July 2018’s... Read Story
August 09, 2019, 07:10 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, 07:25 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, 07:15 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, 07:07 AM


Total commercial Chapter 11 filings in March 2019 dropped 44 percent over the same period last year, according to data provided by Epiq Systems, Inc. The 434 total commercial Chapter 11 filings in March 2019 decreased from March 2018’s total of 774... Read Story
April 11, 2019, 07:01 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, 07:19 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, 07:12 AM


Total commercial Chapter 11 filings during calendar year 2018 dropped 5 percent compared with 2017, 5,470 from 5,762, according to data provided by Epiq Systems, Inc. The 37,822 total commercial filings during 2018 dipped 2 percent from the... Read Story
January 09, 2019, 07:25 AM


Congressman Tom Marino along with Representatives Doug Collins (R-GA), and David Cicilline (D-RI) introduced, H.R. 7190, the Small Business Reorganization Act (SBRA).  Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse... Read Story
December 07, 2018, 07:05 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, 07:07 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, 07:22 AM


Commercial Chapter 11 filings in September totaled 308, 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 05, 2018, 06:55 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, 07:20 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, 07:09 AM


Total commercial Chapter 11 bankruptcies for the month of June 2018 were 306, representing a 49 percent decrease from the 601 commercial chapter 11 filings in June 2017, according to data provided by Epiq Systems, Inc. Total commercial bankruptcies... Read Story
July 06, 2018, 07:25 AM


Total commercial bankruptcy filings fell 10 percent in May 2018, as the 3,325 filings decreased from the 3,675 commercial filings registered in May 2017, according to data provided by Epiq Systems, Inc. Total commercial Chapter 11 filings showed the... Read Story
June 07, 2018, 07:19 AM


Total commercial bankruptcy filings fell 5 percent in April 2018, as the 3,226 filings decreased slightly from the 3,395 commercial filings registered in April 2017, according to data provided by Epiq Systems, Inc. Total commercial chapter 11 filings... Read Story
May 07, 2018, 07:15 AM


Total commercial bankruptcy filings fell slightly in the first three months of 2018, as the 9,327 filings were down 1 percent from the 9,433 filings during the same period in 2017, according to data provided by Epiq Systems, Inc. However, total... Read Story
April 06, 2018, 07:20 AM


Total commercial bankruptcy filings decreased slightly in February 2018 to 2,795, representing a 2.5 percent decrease from the 2,866 business filings recorded in February 2017, according to data provided by Epiq Systems, Inc. The 425 total commercial... Read Story
March 12, 2018, 07:15 AM


Total commercial chapter 11 filings during calendar year 2017 (Jan. 1-Dec. 31) were 5,744, a 6 percent increase from the 5,447 filings in 2016, according to data provided by Epiq Systems, Inc. There were 38,062 commercial filings during calendar year... Read Story
January 08, 2018, 07:12 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, 08:00 AM


Retail bankruptcies to date have largely been the result of the changes in the retail industry and evolution of customer preferences, high-risk LBO structures and terrible store merchandising, according to an article in the November ABI Journal.... Read Story
December 04, 2017, 07:00 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, 07:07 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, 07:10 AM


Commercial chapter 11 filings totaled 426 in August, a 29 percent increase over July’s total of 331 filings, according to data provided by Epiq Systems, Inc. Overall business filings also increased as the 3,255 filings were 13 percent more than... Read Story
September 08, 2017, 07:15 AM


Total U.S. bankruptcy filings decreased 8 percent in July 2017 from June, according to data provided by Epiq Systems, Inc. Total filings registered 61,366 in July 2017, down from the June 2017 total of 66,789. The 58,522 consumer filings in July also... Read Story
August 04, 2017, 07:10 AM


Total U.S. bankruptcy filings increased 5 percent in May 2017 over May of last year, according to data provided by Epiq Systems, Inc. Bankruptcy filings totaled 69,668 in May 2017, up from the May 2016 total of 66,138. The 66,096 consumer bankruptcy... Read Story
June 07, 2017, 07:12 AM


Total U.S. bankruptcy filings fell nearly 4 percent in April 2017 from the same period in 2016, according to data provided by Epiq Systems, Inc. Bankruptcy filings totaled 67,670 in April, down 3.96 percent from the 70,457 filings reported in April... Read Story
May 05, 2017, 07:05 AM


The results of the “National Study of Individual Chapter 11 Bankruptcies,” commissioned by the ABI Endowment Fund, found that individuals account for more than a quarter of chapter 11 bankruptcy filings, and that this share has grown over time. The... Read Story
April 17, 2017, 07:12 AM


Total U.S. bankruptcy filings fell slightly in the first calendar quarter (Jan. 1 - March 31) of 2017 from the same period in 2016, according to data provided by Epiq Systems, Inc. Bankruptcy filings totaled 195,199 in the first quarter of 2017, down... Read Story
April 10, 2017, 07:04 AM


Total U.S. bankruptcy filings decreased 10 percent in February from the same period last year, according to data provided by Epiq Systems, Inc. Bankruptcy filings totaled 58,336 in February 2017, down from the February 2016 total of 64,712. Consumer... Read Story
March 08, 2017, 07:10 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, 07:07 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, 07:10 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, 07:10 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, 07:16 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 08, 2016, 07:12 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, 07:14 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, 07:11 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, 07:12 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, 07:11 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, 07:00 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 08, 2016, 07:18 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, 07:08 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, 07:12 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, 07:25 AM


Total bankruptcy filings in the United States decreased 11 percent in October 2015 from October of last year, according to data provided by Epiq Systems, Inc. Bankruptcy filings totaled 70,211 in October 2015, down from the October 2014 total of... Read Story
November 04, 2015, 08:00 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, 07:05 AM


Total commercial chapter 11 filings in the United States increased 48 percent in August 2015 over August of last year, according to data provided by Epiq Systems, Inc. Commercial chapter 11 filings increased to 531 filings in August 2015 from the 360... Read Story
September 04, 2015, 08:06 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, 07:11 AM