Total bankruptcy filings fell more than 40% in January 2021 compared to last year, according to data provided to the ABI by Epiq. Commercial chapter 11 filings in January 2021 totaled 479, a 24% drop from the 631 commercial chapter 11 filings in January 2020. read more

FEB 8, 2021 - 5:00 am

According to Epiq, 2020 had the lowest number of bankruptcy filings in the U.S. since 1968, with a total of 529,068 filings across all chapters. However, Chapter 11 filings continued to grow year-over-year, rising 29% to 7,128 new filings in 2020 compared with 5,518 in 2019. read more

JAN 6, 2021 - 6:52 am

Commercial Chapter 11 filings increased 46% in November 2020 compared with November of last year, according to data provided by Epiq. read more

DEC 8, 2020 - 7:20 am

According to Epiq, continuing the trend from August, commercial Chapter 11 filings in September were up 78% compared with September 2019, with 747 new filings vs. 420 during September of last year. read more

OCT 6, 2020 - 7:24 am

Commercial Chapter 11 filings rose 17% in August 2020 compared with August 2019, according to Epiq, with 525 new filings in the month up from 449 in the same month last year. read more

SEP 8, 2020 - 7:56 am

Total commercial Chapter 11 filings in July 2020 increased 52% from the previous year, according to data provided by Epiq. read more

AUG 6, 2020 - 7:34 am

The ABI reported total commercial Chapter 11 filings during the first six months of 2020 increased 26% to 3,604 from the 2,855 total filings during the same period in 2019, according to data provided by Epiq. read more

JUL 7, 2020 - 6:29 am