A federal district judge reversed her decision allowing a bankruptcy court to decide whether a defunct petroleum barge company’s former CEO can sue Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Jackson Walker LLP over allegations they helped conceal a former judge’s relationship with a local attorney.
The ruling Wednesday by Judge Alia Moses comes after the former CEO challenged a push for a special administrator to pursue potential claims against ex-bankruptcy Judge David R. Jones, Kirkland, Jackson Walker, and former Jackson Walker partner Elizabeth Freeman.
Moses, of the US District Court for the Western District of Texas, last month tasked Houston bankruptcy ...
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