Dec 30
Yesterday I wrote  Bankruptcy Season Is Approaching – Part One  and discussed bankruptcy season for consumers.  Today, I address the effect of the new year on businesses.
 
Bankruptcy Season for Businesses
 
Retailers also keep bankruptcy attorneys busy after the holidays. The holiday season should be a joyous time for retailers. However, when the economy is suffering, which is certainly the case now, some of those retailers who held out for the Christmas rush unfortunately will not make it without bankruptcy assistance. 
 
Sometimes the wait-till-January tactic works if a spike in holiday sales provides sufficient cash to tend the coffers. 
 
Harvard bankruptcy professor Lynn LoPucki studied the January bankruptcy phenomenon. From 1980

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