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The number of corporate bankruptcies in Japan surpassed 10,000 for the second year in a row in 2025 as smaller businesses were hard hit by soaring labor costs and surging prices, a credit research firm has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/13/companies/corporate-bankruptcies-survey/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #surveys #bankruptcy #wages

The #BoyScoutsOfAmerica filed for #bankruptcy in 2020 after spending >$150M to settle hundreds of #abuse lawsuits between 2017 & 2019, acc/to court records. In 2022, a federal bankruptcy court in Delaware approved the reorganization plan, clearing the way for the #BSA to reemerge & creating a fund to pay survivors.

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Critics of such arrangements say courts are generally not authorized to block such lawsuits. Supporters say that without protections for third-party groups, major bankruptcy deals like the ones for #Purdue & the #BoyScouts would never take effect.

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