UCLA-LoPucki Bankruptcy Research Database

Data on bankruptcies filed by large public companies since October 1, 1979.

The UCLA-LoPucki Bankruptcy Research Database (BRD) is a data collection, data linking, and data dissemination project of the UCLA School of Law. The BRD contains data on all of the more than one-thousand large (assets of more than $100 million in 1980 dollars) public companies that have filed bankruptcy cases since October 1, 1979.  Coverage includes cases filed under Chapter 7 and Chapter 11, whether filed by the debtors or creditors.

The Florida-UCLA-LoPucki Bankruptcy Research Database (BRD) will no longer be updated after the December 2022 update.

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