Bankruptcy in Middle District of Florida for January 2012

According to the Daily Record the year is starting off more slowly for bankruptcies. During January, 578 bankruptcy petitions were filed in the Jacksonville division of the Middle District of Florida, down 11 percent from 650 in January 2011 and down almost 19 percent from 710 in January 2010, which was a record year. Middle District filings were down almost 13 percent to 3,426 in January from 3,919 in 2011 and down 24 percent from 4,499 in 2010.