(Presented by the Diversity in the Profession Committee). This session will help bar leaders, law firm management and in-house counsel understand and recognize what subtle, unconscious and implicit bias is and how, when left unchecked, it can have serious consequences for the legal profession.
The acts of bankruptcy enumerated in the late act of congress, of 19th Aug. 1841, s. 1, are the following: 1. Departure from the state, district, or territory of which a person, subject to the operation of the bankrupt laws, is an inhabitant, with intent to defraud his creditors.
Bankruptcy is a process that allows consumers and businesses to get out from under debt with the protection of the federal bankruptcy court. For the most part, bankruptcies fall into one of two typesâliquidation and reorganization. Chapter 7 bankruptcy. In Chapter 7 bankruptcy, the trustee might take and liquidate (sell) some of your property to pay back debt. However, you can keep (exempt) particular property protected under state law. Chapter 13 bankruptcy. By contrast, Chapter 13 bankruptcy reorganizes debt for high-income earning individuals.