Sorrento Therapeutics Inc. shareholders are pressing for information about the involvement in its bankruptcy of a lawyer in a romantic relationship with the judge who previously oversaw the Chapter 11 case.
The request relates to attorney Elizabeth Freeman, who’s been in a long-term relationship with former bankruptcy judge David R. Jones, according to papers filed Monday in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas. Freeman previously worked for Jackson Walker, which represents Sorrento in its bankruptcy, alongside Latham & Watkins.
The calls for information came the same week Sorrento is scheduled to appear before Judge Christopher Lopez ...
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