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Corporate Bankruptcies: ‘Calm before the Storm’ in TX

Business bankruptcy filings in Texas plummeted during the first six months of 2019 to levels prior to the oil price plunge in 2015 and 2016.

New data provided exclusively to The Texas Lawbook by Androvett Legal Media Research shows that the number of Chapter 11 restructuring petitions submitted during the first half of this year was down 55% in the DFW area and lower by 36% in the Houston region.

Mark Curriden

Mark Curriden is a lawyer/journalist and founder of The Texas Lawbook. In addition, he is a contributing legal correspondent for The Dallas Morning News.

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