What information is provided as part of the Litigation & Bankruptcy search?

Baselayer connects to 2,500+ courts for litigation and bankruptcy filings, covering federal, state, and local courts. Each result carries a match confidence so you can tell how strongly the case is tied to the searched business or person.

A search returns up to the 50 most recent records found. There is no fixed date cutoff, but recent cases are prioritized. Each result includes a date_filed field so you can filter by time frame on your end.

Litigation / bankruptcy fields include:

• Match confidence

• Docket number and court

• State where the court is located (US for federal courts)

• Case type and title

• Parties and counsel

• Filing and closed dates

• Open / closed status

• Bankruptcy chapter (7, 9, 11, 12, 13, or 15), for bankruptcy cases

• Optional docket entries and documents

Bankruptcy cases are flagged with is_bankruptcy=TRUE in the API and appear under the Bankruptcies tab in the console, so you can separate them from other litigation without inspecting the case type.