(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 in the United States. In the United States, bankruptcy is governed by federal law. The United States Constitution (Article 1, Section 8, Clause 4) authorizes Congress to enact uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States..