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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


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, 07:06 AM


Gordon Brothers served as the agent for a $150 million debtor-in-possession term loan for Big Lots Inc. The U.S. closeout retailer focused on value will use the DIP loan during ongoing Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings to support the going-concern... Read Story
October 29, 2024, 06:50 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, 07:20 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


Small business filings, captured as subchapter V elections within chapter 11, registered a 53 percent increase to 228 in May 2024 from 149 in May 2023, according to data provided by Epiq AACER. Commercial chapter 11 filings increased 11 percent in... Read Story
June 05, 2024, 07:15 AM


New bankruptcy filings during the first calendar quarter of 2024 registered year-over-year increases across all U.S. major filing categories, according to data provided by Epiq Bankruptcy. Total commercial chapter 11 filings (including subchapter V)... Read Story
April 03, 2024, 07:23 AM


Commercial chapter 11 bankruptcy filings climbed 118 percent in February, with the 822 filings versus the 377 filings in February 2023, according to data provided by Epiq Bankruptcy, a provider of U.S. bankruptcy filing data. The sizable increase in... Read Story
March 05, 2024, 07:21 AM


Total bankruptcy filings were 36,607 in January 2024, a 17 percent increase from the January 2023 total of 31,176, according to data provided by Epiq Bankruptcy, the leading provider of U.S. bankruptcy filing data. January marks 18 consecutive months... Read Story
February 05, 2024, 07:14 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, a provider of U.S. bankruptcy filing data.Overall commercial filings increased 19... Read Story
January 04, 2024, 07:23 AM


Air Methods Corporation, the leading air medical service provider in the U.S., has successfully emerged from Chapter 11 with significantly reduced debt and increased liquidity that positions the Company for long-term success.Air Methods is moving... Read Story
January 02, 2024, 07:05 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


Yellow Corporation and certain of its direct and indirect subsidiaries filed voluntary petitions for relief under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware for the Company’s planned... Read Story
August 07, 2023, 07:20 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, a provider of U.S. bankruptcy filing data.Overall commercial... Read Story
August 03, 2023, 07:23 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. Nearly half of the Chapter 11 filings were made by corporate subsidiaries.Overall commercial... Read Story
June 05, 2023, 07:25 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. All Chapter 11 filings increased 32 percent in April 2023 to... Read Story
May 03, 2023, 07:23 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, 07:23 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, 07:23 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, 07:15 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


Commercial chapter 11 filings for bankruptcy increased 2 percent in October to 304 filings from 297 filings the previous year. Small business filings, captured as subchapter V elections within chapter 11, increased 28 percent to 131 in October 2022... Read Story
November 04, 2022, 07:18 AM


Year-over-year U.S. bankruptcy filings increased seven percent across all chapters for the second consecutive month in September, according to data released today from Epiq's Bankruptcy Analytics platform.  There were 33,184 total filings registered... Read Story
October 06, 2022, 07:10 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


Epiq released its October 2021 bankruptcy filing statistics from its AACER bankruptcy information services business. October new filings for all chapters increased 1.8 percent to 31,471, up from 30,920 in September 2021. Total Commercial Chapter 11... Read Story
November 03, 2021, 07:05 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


The COVID-19 pandemic set off an increase in corporate bankruptcy filings not seen since the financial crisis, according to a report released today by Cornerstone Research. The report, Trends in Large Corporate Bankruptcy and Financial... Read Story
August 31, 2021, 07:00 AM


Nations Capital, Inc. (NCI) announced it has acquired certain assets formerly owned by BJ Services, LLC (the Company) in a transaction with GACP Finance Co., LLC), Administrative Agent, managed by the investment advisors, WhiteHawk Capital Partners... Read Story
August 05, 2021, 07:10 AM


Epiq released its July 2021 bankruptcy filing statistics from its AACER bankruptcy information services business. Across all chapters, new filings in July were 32,375, down 6 percent from 34,277 in June. Commercial filings across all chapters were... Read Story
August 04, 2021, 07:12 AM


Hertz Global Holdings announced the composition of its new Board of Directors whose term is effective with the Company's successful completion of its restructuring and emergence from Chapter 11. The new Board will initially include eight members with... Read Story
July 02, 2021, 07:11 AM


Creditors to be paid in full and existing shareholders to receive more than $1 billion of value.Hertz Global Holdings announced that the Bankruptcy Court confirmed the Company's Plan of Reorganization (the "Plan"). The Plan unimpairs all classes of... Read Story
June 14, 2021, 07:20 AM


Epiq released its May 2021 bankruptcy filing statistics from its AACER bankruptcy information services business. The new filings for May dropped to 34,734 across all chapters. This is a 15 percent drop from the April 2021 new filings count of 40,913.... Read Story
June 04, 2021, 07:10 AM


Hertz Global Holdings announced that, following the completion of the auction previously approved by the Court in its Chapter 11 case, Hertz has selected and approved a revised proposal from certain funds and accounts managed by affiliates of each of... Read Story
May 14, 2021, 07:16 AM


Total U.S. bankruptcy filings in April 2021 increased 6 percent from the previous year, according to data provided by Epiq. Bankruptcy filings totaled 40,911 in April 2021, up from the April 2020 total of 38,459, when filings sharply declined in the... Read Story
May 10, 2021, 07:22 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


Hertz Global Holdings selected an enhanced proposal from Centerbridge Partners, L.P., Warburg Pincus LLC, and Dundon Capital Partners, LLC (collectively, the "Sponsorship Group") to provide the equity capital required to fund Hertz's exit from... Read Story
April 07, 2021, 06:55 AM


AeroCentury Corp. announced it and certain of its subsidiaries commenced a voluntary case under Chapter 11 of title 11 of the United States Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.The company has determined that the... Read Story
March 30, 2021, 06:55 AM


Epiq released its February 2021 bankruptcy filing statistics from its AACER bankruptcy information services business. February experienced the lowest number of new monthly bankruptcy filings across all chapters, with only 31,188 filings, since... Read Story
March 04, 2021, 07:05 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


Epiq, a legal services company, released the first look at the results of the new Chapter 11, Subchapter V, U.S. Bankruptcy Court filings with a total of 923 new petitions year to date since the program commenced on Feb. 19. Since then, while the... Read Story
October 23, 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 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


Bristow Group Inc. (BRS) announced that the company has voluntarily filed for Chapter 11 protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas. Bristow intends to use the proceedings to restructure and strengthen its balance... Read Story
May 13, 2019, 07:25 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


Waypoint Leasing Holdings Ltd., the largest independent global helicopter leasing company, announced it and certain of its subsidiaries have filed voluntary petitions for relief under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for... Read Story
November 26, 2018, 07:30 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


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 commercial chapter 11 bankruptcies for the month of June 2017 were 581, representing a 16 percent increase from the 502 commercial chapter 11 filings in June 2016, according to data provided to the American Bankruptcy Institute by Epiq Systems... Read Story
July 07, 2017, 07:09 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 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 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, 07:09 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


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


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, 07:00 AM


Total bankruptcy filings in the United States decreased 19 percent in May 2015 over May of last year, according to data provided by Epiq Systems, Inc. Bankruptcy filings totaled 69,286 in May 2015, down from the May 2014 total of 85,711. Consumer... Read Story
June 09, 2015, 07:00 AM


Total bankruptcy filings totaled 910,090 nationwide for calendar year 2014 (Jan. 1-Dec. 31), a 12 percent decrease from the 1,032,572 total filings during the same period a year ago, according to data provided by Epiq Systems, Inc. The 875,635 total... Read Story
January 07, 2015, 06:59 AM


Total bankruptcy filings in the U.S. for November 2014 decreased 16 percent compared to the previous year, according to data provided by Epiq Systems, Inc. November bankruptcy filings totaled 62,403, down from the 74,070 filings registered in... Read Story
December 08, 2014, 06:00 AM


Total bankruptcy filings in the United States decreased 12 percent in May over last year, according to data provided by Epiq Systems, Inc. Bankruptcy filings totaled 96,430 in May 2013, down from the May 2012 total of 109,538. Consumer filings... Read Story
June 06, 2013, 06:55 AM


Total bankruptcy filings in the United States decreased 8 percent in April over last year, according to data provided by Epiq Systems, Inc. Bankruptcy filings totaled 100,702 in April 2013, down from the April 2012 total of 108,996. Consumer filings... Read Story
May 06, 2013, 07:10 AM


Beechcraft, formerly Hawker Beechcraft, announced it has formally emerged from the Chapter 11 process as a new company well-positioned to compete vigorously in the worldwide business aviation, special mission, trainer and light attack markets.The... Read Story
February 19, 2013, 07:05 AM


Total bankruptcy filings in the United States decreased 11 percent in January over last year, according to data provided by Epiq Systems, Inc. Bankruptcy filings totaled 78,471 in January 2013, down from the January 2012 total of 88,028. Consumer... Read Story
February 06, 2013, 06:58 AM


Total bankruptcy filings totaled 921,219 nationwide during the first nine months of 2012 (Jan. 1-September 30), a 14 percent decrease from the 1,073,021 total filings during the same period a year ago, according to data provided by Epiq Systems, Inc.... Read Story
October 09, 2012, 07:49 AM


Total bankruptcy filings in the United States for the month of August increased 7% compared to July, according to data provided by Epiq Systems, Inc. August bankruptcy filings totaled 104,336, up from the 97,104 filings registered in July 2012. The... Read Story
September 07, 2012, 06:42 AM


An article in the April edition of the ABI Journal proposes that changes be made to the Bankruptcy Code to allow for a “structured dismissal,” as well as a joint plan and disclosure statement process to maximize distributions to unsecured creditors.... Read Story
April 06, 2012, 07:00 AM


The Commercial Finance Association (CFA), together with nine other trade associations in the financial services industry, has submitted an amicus (friend of the court) brief to the United States Supreme Court in the case styled RadLAX Gateway Hotel... Read Story
March 21, 2012, 08:15 AM


An article in the March edition of the ABI Journal concludes that the continued decline of middle-market businesses bankruptcies is no longer a trend, but instead a permanent shift to the way insolvency situations are managed in the current and... Read Story
March 06, 2012, 07:30 AM