About Corporate Autopsy

Corporate Autopsy is a data-driven chronicle of business failure. We dissect the world's most significant corporate collapses — bankruptcies, scandals, enforcement actions — and extract the lessons that prevent them from happening again.

Our Method

Every autopsy is built from primary sources: SEC EDGAR filings, PACER court dockets, Department of Justice indictments, and public regulatory records. We don't speculate. We cite.

Why It Matters

The same failure patterns repeat across decades and industries. Accounting fraud. Leverage cascades. Governance rot. Audit capture. Understanding how great companies fail is the best inoculation against repeating their mistakes.

Data Sources

• SEC EDGAR — 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, and bankruptcy filings
• PACER — Federal court dockets and case documents
• DOJ — Criminal indictments and press releases
• SEC Litigation Releases — Enforcement actions and settlements
• Public news archives — Verified against primary sources

Contact

Corrections, suggestions, or data contributions: autopsy@corporateautopsy.com

Corporate Autopsy is an independent publication. We are not affiliated with any government agency. All data is from public records and should be verified independently before use in investment decisions.