Commercial chapter 11 filings totaled 425 in September, a 16 percent increase over September 2016’s total of 365 filings, according to data provided by Epiq Systems, Inc. Overall business filings decreased to 2,854 filings in September, a 12 percent drop from September 2016’s total of 3,251 filings. Total U.S. filings registered 60,001 in September 2017, down 7 percent from last September’s total of 64,635. The 57,147 consumer filings in September also represented a 7 percent decrease from the September 2016 consumer total of 61,384.
