German company bankruptcies at 10-year high

The number of German companies going bankrupt is continuing to rise, credit agency Creditreform warned on Thursday. The agency says some 11,900 companies will have filed for insolvency by the end of the first half of the year. That would be 9.4% more than in the January-June period of 2024. Although the increase has slowed…

How Microsoft Backed Unicorn Blew $450 Mn

Builder.Ai billed itself as a no-code artificial intelligence platform, and in the end, the company seems to have taken the no-code part too seriously. Once an AI unicorn, today, the Microsoft-backed startup (formerly known as Engineer.ai) has crashed and is going through insolvency proceedings in the US amid allegations of faking its AI tech and…

A Significant Legal Conundrum in Section 7 under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016

Introduction The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (the IBC) enacted in 20161, signifies a substantial reform in India’s legal framework for insolvency resolution. Before its introduction, the country faced a fragmented system composed of multiple laws and adjudicating bodies that frequently resulted in prolonged and inefficient insolvency proceedings. The IBC was created to consolidate these disparate…

NETA Auto’s Parent Company Files for Bankruptcy

NETA Auto’s parent company, Zhejiang Hozon New Energy Automobile, officially filed for bankruptcy last 19 June. According to one of China’s largest news, CCTV, the company was sued by a creditor for debt and liabilities amounting to RMB 5.3 million (AUD 1.14 million) and RMB 1.4 billion (AUD 215 million) respectively.  The creditor filing for…