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Teaching Legal Professionals How To Do Research Finding a Company Bankruptcy Finding a Company Bankruptcy March Maureen Drews a senior paralegal at Holland amp Knight's Chicago office and Paul Bush founder of respond to last week's question about locating a bankruptcy filing Question How can I find out if a company filed for bankruptcy? I'm trying to confirm that Leather Loft filed for bankruptcy a few years ago I've checked Factiva and LexisNexis but I can't find anything Maureen One way to locate the bankruptcy of a company is to determine the state of organization or principal place of business and then search the bankruptcy records for that jurisdiction using the Pacer system I quickly searched and found that Leather Loft is a New Hampshire corporation I connected with the Pacer site for the and found filings I did not retrieve them because doing so would incur a charge As I understand it you can now get immediate access to Pacer once you subscribe whereas there once was a delay in processing subscription requests Another way to accomplish this is to search a commercial database of bankruptcies in the U S such as those available on Westlaw Lexis Accurint
The UK Insolvency Helpline FREEPHONE CALL ABOUT US IVA's BANKRUPTCY IDENTIFY YOUR PROBLEM DEBT SOLUTIONS GENERAL DEBT ADVICE LEGAL ISSUES EXPLAINED BUSINESS SOLUTIONS SPECIAL SITUATIONS What is Bankruptcy? What is Bankruptcy? Introduction Bankruptcy is an option that often has to be considered when an individual cannot pay their debts as they fall due A first time bankrupt with debts will generally receive their discharge one year after the date of the bankruptcy order Although bankruptcy has a bad stigma and is publicly advertised it should always be considered when dealing with individual insolvency cases Please note that if your are ever faced with the prospect of bankruptcy you should look at alternatives as soon as possible such as the Bankruptcy is one way of dealing with debts you cannot pay The bankruptcy proceedings free you from overwhelming debts so you can make a fresh start subject to some restrictions make sure your assets are shared out fairly among your creditors Anyone can go bankrupt including individual members of a partnership There are different insolvency procedures for dealing with companies and for partnerships themselves How are you made bankrupt? An individual can be made bankrupt either in one of three