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Commercial Chapter 11 Bankruptcies increased to 6,569 filings according to a new data report from Epiq AACER. Will that upward trend continue as we move into 2024?

The Southern District of Florida has adopted new guidelines establishing a flat fee of $525 for attorneys representing secured creditors in Chapter 13 proceedings.

Total filings increase to levels last seen in 2021. Click through for more.

Attorneys Laura M. Hawley and Michael P. Hogan examine a century of loss mitigation options for borrowers to remain in their homes and avoid foreclosure.

Attorney Joel Jensen discusses a recent proceeding involving violations of a bankruptcy rule. Learn the latest and how it could impact the industry.

Epiq, an Atlanta-based provider of intelligence to the legal services industry, has released its March 2022 bankruptcy filing statistics from its new Bankruptcy Analytics platform which found that filings increased by 34% last month representing 36,049 filings of all types, up ...

Some borrowers exiting forbearance are turning to Chapter 13 bankruptcy to save their homes. Attorney Alan S. Wolf explains why forbearance doesn’t always play well with bankruptcy.

Rochester, Michigan-based law firm, Potestivo & Associates, P.C., has announced the appointment of Brenda Likavec, as Supervising Bankruptcy Attorney in their Chicago office. Likavec joined the team of 25 attorneys in January 2018.   Prior to her role at Potestivo & ...

Editor's note: This story was originally featured in the January issue of DS News, out now. In a Chapter 13 bankruptcy, debtors have the ability to modify their mortgages. A modification is generally called a “cram down” and it occurs when a ...