A Houston bankruptcy judge will decide whether the onetime CEO of a defunct petroleum barge company can sue Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Jackson Walker LLP over allegations they helped conceal a former judge’s relationship with a local attorney.
Judge Christopher Lopez of the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas will decide whether Morton S. Bouchard III has standing to sue the law firms, according to an order issued Thursday by Judge Alia Moses of the US District Court for the Western District of Texas.
Bouchard’s suit is part of the fallout of former judge David R. ...
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