Noncommercial chapter 13 filings amounted to 137,764 filings year-to-date by the end of November, down 45% over the same period in 2019, according to Epiq Systems. Noncommercial chapter 7 filings declined by 21% over the same period. "November Bankruptcies Hit 14-Year Low With Steep Drop in Personal Filings" at 5:30 a.m. ET, incorrectly said chapter 13 filings were down 45% and chapter 7 filings fell 21% in November, and misspelled Epiq as Epic.

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December 03, 2020 20:07 ET (01:07 GMT)