Commercial bankruptcy filings made another swift upward rise in April. The American Bankruptcy Institute reported that total U.S. commercial bankruptcy filings increased 32 percent year-over-year last ...

Jonathan Friedland, principal in Much’s Restructuring, Insolvency & Special Situations group, served as principal author and editor-in-chief of the 2025 edition of Commercial Bankruptcy Litigation, a ...

Newly released data shows a significant rise in bankruptcy filings across the U.S., with commercial businesses seeing some of the steepest increases. In July 2025, total commercial bankruptcy filings ...

The 644 commercial Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings in April 2026 represented a 42% increase over the 454 filings recorded in April 2025, ...

New data shows more Americans are filing for bankruptcy, the latest indication that price pressures and an uneven economy are leaving some households strapped for cash. Total consumer bankruptcy ...

On March 17, 2025, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Michigan denied a borrower’s motion for summary judgment, finding that a secured loan did not violate Michigan’s usury laws. In ...

Another retailer is saying bye-bye to its brick-and-mortar stores after failing to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Baby wares seller BuyBuy Baby announced last week that all of its physical stores ...

The commercial truck industry has faced economic distress over the last year that has resulted in certain companies shutting down operations and going out of business, and in some cases, filing for ...

Spirit Airlines filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Monday with the low-cost airline citing a run of losses, failed mergers and impending debt maturities. The airline's troubles got worse ...