Bankruptcy is a big business.
A recent survey by VISA projects over 1.5 million bankruptcies this year alone, with more next year. Pete Diaz, Systems Integration Manager at the LA Court says that most personal bankruptcies can be taken care of with a small number of documents, but large corporate cases such as the filing by Orange County in Southern California involved filing over 1 million pages of supporting documentation. Traditionally, these papers have been handled manually, but imaging is now providing some major benefits. The federal courts are public institutions, used by millions of people each year. Within the Federal Court System are District Courts, and each district court has a bankruptcy unit that hears and decides petitions of individuals and businesses wanting relief from bankruptcy.