News Topic: Bankruptcy Statistics

This will come as no surprise to practitioners in the trenches of consumer bankruptcy law, but . . . . the face of America’s debtor population is acquiring wrinkles . According to a study just released by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, the ... Read full article

Recently, the American Financial Services Association posted a blurb on their website “Spotlight on Financial Services” noting a continuing “disconnect between rising foreclosures in the subprime mortgage market and the statistics on personal bankruptcy ... Read full article

A major new source of fresh, meaningful bankruptcy statistics has come to my attention. The Institute for Financial Literacy is based in Portland, Maine. To quote from the IFL website : ... Read full article

From the Hon. Scott Clarkson: These are the local comparisons to the national filings. This is public information. Please see the analysis below prepared by the Clerk's Office of the Central District of California reflecting a comparison of CACB to... ... Read full article

Pro per filings for the Jan through Sept, 2011 period were 28.3% of the total. The national average is 7.9%. The central district clerk's office processes one bankruptcy petition every 3 minutes, 44 seconds. The next highest number of filings... ... Read full article

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This will come as no surprise to practitioners in the trenches of consumer bankruptcy law, but . . . . the face of America’s debtor population is acquiring wrinkles . According to a study just released by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, the ... Read full article

Recently, the American Financial Services Association posted a blurb on their website “Spotlight on Financial Services” noting a continuing “disconnect between rising foreclosures in the subprime mortgage market and the statistics on personal bankruptcy ... Read full article

A major new source of fresh, meaningful bankruptcy statistics has come to my attention. The Institute for Financial Literacy is based in Portland, Maine. To quote from the IFL website : ... Read full article

Written by Craig D. ... Read full article