(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.
DEFINITION of 'Chapter 13' A U.S. bankruptcy proceeding in which the debtor undertakes a reorganization of his or her finances under the supervision and approval of the courts. As part of the reorganization, the debtor must submit and follow through with a plan to repay outstanding creditors within three to five years.