Maya Lauqué

March Total Bankruptcy Filings Increase 34 Percent from Previous Month

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Tuesday, April 5, 2022

NEW YORK, April 05, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The total 36,049 bankruptcy filings for March represented a 33.5 percent increase over the 26,993 filings during the previous month of February, according to data provided by Epiq Bankruptcy, the leading provider of U.S. bankruptcy filing data.

Key Points: 
  • NEW YORK, April 05, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The total 36,049 bankruptcy filings for March represented a 33.5 percent increase over the 26,993 filings during the previous month of February, according to data provided by Epiq Bankruptcy, the leading provider of U.S. bankruptcy filing data.
  • Similarly, the 34,244 total noncommercial filings for March represented a 34 percent increase from the February 2022 noncommercial filing total of 25,565.
  • The 1,805 total commercial filings in March represented a 26.4 percent increase from the 1,428 total commercial filings during the previous month.
  • March is typically the month with the largest number of new bankruptcy filings on an annual basis, says Chris Kruse, senior vice president at Epiq.

Trilogy Real Estate Group Hires Omar Limon as Regional Vice President, Internal Sales

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Tuesday, April 5, 2022

CHICAGO, April 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Trilogy Real Estate Group , a Chicago-based real estate investment and property management firm, announced today that Omar Limon has joined the company as regional vice president, internal sales for Trilogy's equity markets group.

Key Points: 
  • CHICAGO, April 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Trilogy Real Estate Group , a Chicago-based real estate investment and property management firm, announced today that Omar Limon has joined the company as regional vice president, internal sales for Trilogy's equity markets group.
  • "Trilogy's extensive real estate investment expertise continues to give rise to new opportunities, and we anticipate Omar will play a pivotal role in furthering the strategic expansion of the firm's sales and distribution efforts," said Matt Leiter, Chief Financial Officer for Trilogy Real Estate Group.
  • Trilogy Real Estate Group is a vertically integrated real estate investment and property management firm with a focus on multifamily apartments and commercial real estate.
  • Trilogy has been tested in multiple real estate cycles and consistently sources and manages attractive real estate investments in major markets around the United States.

Epiq releases significant Product Enhancements to Epiq Discovery, as Product is Named a Leader in eDiscovery Software by G2

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Wednesday, March 23, 2022

This comes at the same time the company rolls out significant product enhancements to further improve user experience and outcomes driven by its proprietary eDiscovery solution.

Key Points: 
  • This comes at the same time the company rolls out significant product enhancements to further improve user experience and outcomes driven by its proprietary eDiscovery solution.
  • Epiq Discovery is a cloud-based, SaaS platform that supports the entire lifecycle of a matter and is designed to serve Epiqs global client base.
  • Users can easily promote data to a Relativity workspace and seamlessly continue the review process that began in Epiq Discovery.
  • Rankings on G2 reports are based on data provided to us by real users, said Sara Rossio, Chief Product Officer at G2.

Epiq Acquires Legal Industry Management Consulting Leader Fireman & Company

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Tuesday, March 15, 2022

NEW YORK and TORONTO, March 15, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Epiq, a global technology-enabled services leader to the legal industry and corporations, announced today that it has acquired Fireman & Company, a leading legal industry management consulting firm.

Key Points: 
  • NEW YORK and TORONTO, March 15, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Epiq, a global technology-enabled services leader to the legal industry and corporations, announced today that it has acquired Fireman & Company, a leading legal industry management consulting firm.
  • The acquisition enables Epiq to deliver broader knowledge management and data management expertise and provides Epiq with an expanded suite of strategic legal advisory services and innovative technology solutions for its clients.
  • Fireman & Company is the global leader in knowledge and data management, and digital transformation for the legal industry, and we are thrilled to have them join the Epiq family.
  • Fireman & Company is the industry leader in enterprise search, intranets, experience management, and the legal data models that power these solutions.

SaaS Security Expert Jerich Beason Joins Axonius as Advisor

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Thursday, March 10, 2022

Axonius, the leader in cybersecurity asset management and SaaS management , today announced that Chief Information Security Officer, CyberSide Chats podcast host, and SANS speaker Jerich Beason has joined the company as an advisor.

Key Points: 
  • Axonius, the leader in cybersecurity asset management and SaaS management , today announced that Chief Information Security Officer, CyberSide Chats podcast host, and SANS speaker Jerich Beason has joined the company as an advisor.
  • With usage and demand for SaaS applications in enterprises around the world continuing to explode, he will help Axonius expand its SaaS security offering.
  • Axonius has experienced massive growth since its inception because of its dedication to helping companies gain more visibility into their IT and security landscape, said Beason, a seasoned SaaS security expert.
  • We launched Axonius SaaS Management because we recognized that the market lacked a solution for controlling the increase in SaaS adoption.

Epiq Experts to Speak at Legalweek New York 2022

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Tuesday, March 8, 2022

NEW YORK, March 08, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Epiq, a global technology-enabled services leader to law firms and corporations, announces its roster of speakers and wide variety of learning opportunities for Legalweek, March 8-11, 2022, in New York City.

Key Points: 
  • NEW YORK, March 08, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Epiq, a global technology-enabled services leader to law firms and corporations, announces its roster of speakers and wide variety of learning opportunities for Legalweek, March 8-11, 2022, in New York City.
  • Epiqs experts are leading or participating in 17 educational sessions on the main conference agenda, in the Epiq booth and in onsite classrooms.
  • Epiq experts speaking at Legalweek include:
    Epiqs subject matter expertise will be leveraged across a wide range of topics, including:
    Supercharging Privilege Review with AI, Analytics, and Automation
    Youve had a data breach Now what?
  • Click here to register for a demo or discussion with one of Epiqs subject matter experts and to view the complete list of Epiqs Legalweek 2022 activities.

Epiq Unveils the Epiq Service Cloud to Empower Legal Service Delivery Excellence for Corporate Legal Departments and Law Firms

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Monday, March 7, 2022

Currently, more than 300 Epiq clients are leveraging the Epiq Service Cloud, with client growth at over 10% per month.

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  • Currently, more than 300 Epiq clients are leveraging the Epiq Service Cloud, with client growth at over 10% per month.
  • The Epiq Service Cloud is powered by modern applications and technologies to empower corporate legal departments and law firms to meet deadlines, capture institutional knowledge and derive actionable insights from comprehensive data analytics.
  • Everything we do to service our clients is based on the cohesive service and technical architecture of the Epiq Service Cloud, Epiq Legal Solutions President and General Manager Roger Pilc said.
  • Concurrent with the launch, Epiq has enhanced Epiq Access, the user interface for the Epiq Service Cloud.

February 2022 New Bankruptcy Filings Tick Upward

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Monday, March 7, 2022

Overall, February new filings were 26,985 across all chapters, up 3.2% from January 2022 which had 26,155 new filings.

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  • Overall, February new filings were 26,985 across all chapters, up 3.2% from January 2022 which had 26,155 new filings.
  • Total commercial filings across all chapters were 1,420, down 5.4% over January 2022, which had 1,501 new filings.
  • Chapter 7 individual bankruptcies had 15,196 new filings in February, up 1.1% over January 2022, which had 14,295 new filings.
  • So far in 2022, Chapter 7 individual bankruptcy filings are down 29.9% with 29,491 over the first two months in 2021, which had 42,079 new filings.

Epiq Launches New Bankruptcy Analytics Platform

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Wednesday, March 2, 2022

NEW YORK, March 02, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Epiq, a global technology-enabled services leader to the legal industry, announced today from its Bankruptcy division the launch of the Epiq Bankruptcy Analytics web technology solution.

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  • NEW YORK, March 02, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Epiq, a global technology-enabled services leader to the legal industry, announced today from its Bankruptcy division the launch of the Epiq Bankruptcy Analytics web technology solution.
  • Correlated with third-party data, Epiq Bankruptcy Analytics surfaces the industrys most comprehensive dataset into a single, integrated platform through cloud-based dashboards that display:
    New and historical bankruptcy filing information with adversarial proceedings metrics for all bankruptcy chapters.
  • Responsive and data driven analytics dashboards are just the beginning, said Todd Madsen, senior vice president of product at Epiq Bankruptcy.
  • Epiq Bankruptcy solutions include comprehensive corporate restructuring, trustee case management, and access to the industrys most dynamic bankruptcy data and analytics.

Epiq Appoints Legal Technology and Operations Veteran Cole Morgan as Senior Director, Legal Business Advisory

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Monday, February 28, 2022

Morgan brings to Epiqs clientele decades of experience, unique advisory talent and authoritative legal operations and technology expertise.

Key Points: 
  • Morgan brings to Epiqs clientele decades of experience, unique advisory talent and authoritative legal operations and technology expertise.
  • General counsel and legal operations leaders require high value-add advisory and transformation services in order to deliver legal services more effectively and efficiently, and with more insights from data, said Eyal Iffergan, Managing Director, Legal Business Advisory.
  • Coles addition to our team will further enable us to help complex, global corporations build and run world-class legal operations.
  • Morgan has more than 20 years of management experience in the legal technology and legal operations sectors.