Bankruptcy lawyer study shows bias, lawyers getting sued, and SCOTUS justices at SOTU 

Posted: 11:48 am Tue, January 24, 2012
By Barbara L. Jones

Racial bias in consumer bankruptcy Blacks are more likely than whites to get shuttled into a Chapter 13 bankruptcy rather than a Chapter 7, which provides a rapid discharge, the New York Times reports.   Law professors conducted a study of racial differences in bankruptcy filings. “A survey conducted as part of their research found that bankruptcy ...