Bankruptcy fraud is a white-collar crime that commonly takes four general forms:
A debtor conceals assets to avoid having to forfeit them. An individual intentionally files false or incomplete forms. Including false information on a...legal practice/ethics
bar
The bar refers to the collective of all lawyers qualified to practice in a given court or jurisdiction. Every state has its own set of requirements for admitting a person into their jurisdiction’s bar. In general, a person must satisfy a...
bar association
A bar association is a professional organization for lawyers. For example, in the United States, one such organization is the American Bar Association. It is an organization composed of licensed attorneys who share common interests.
...bar examination
Bar examination is a written examination that a person must pass in order to obtain a license to practice law as an attorney. Although every state administers its own version of the bar examination, most exams consist of the Multistate Bar...
barratry
Barratry is the act of encouraging lawsuits between others in order to create legal business for one’s personal gain and profit. Barratry is illegal in all U.S. states. Attorneys who are found guilty of barratry will be subject to criminal...
basis of the bargain test
Under section 2-313 of the Uniform Commercial Code, when determining whether an express warranty exists or is valid in a sale of goods between two parties, the court asks if any promise or affirmation, any description of the goods, or any...
Batson challenge
The Batson challenge refers to the act of objecting the validity of a peremptory challenge, on grounds that the other party used it to exclude a potential juror based on race, ethnicity, or sex. The result of a successful Batson challenge...
Batson objection
A Batson objection, also called a Batson challenge, refers to the act of objecting the validity of a peremptory challenge, on grounds that the other party used it to exclude a potential juror based on race, ethnicity, or sex. The result of a...
battery
Battery is an intentional tort. When a person intentionally causes harmful or offensive contact with another person, the act is battery. However, if the plaintiff expressly consented to such an act or gave implied consent by...
BCRA
The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA) was signed into law in March of 2002. On the same day that BCRA became official federal policy, Senator Mitch McConnell and the National Rifle Association (NRA) both filed complaints...