Nonprofit Direct Marketing Firm Barton-Cotton Files for Chapter 7

In December, the company announced cost-saving measures that included closing two offices and eliminating 19 percent of its work force. Also, in January, The Charter Oak Fire Insurance Co. and Travelers Property Casualty Co. of America sued to nullify insurance policies held by American Capital for its Scientific Protein Laboratories’ affiliate that is facing a class-action lawsuit over a contaminant in the raw material used to make the blood thinner heparin.