A judge has canceled a May trial over millions of dollars in bankruptcy fees that Jackson Walker LLP is being pressured to return for failing to disclose an onetime partner’s romance with a prominent judge.
The trial’s cancellation came a week after a federal district court judge moved the dispute out of bankruptcy court.
The litigation is tied to the once-secret relationship between former Houston bankruptcy judge David R. Jones, who frequently oversaw the Texas law firm’s cases before he resigned, and ex-Jackson Walker partner Elizabeth Freeman.
The US Trustee—the Justice Department’s bankruptcy monitor—is pushing to vacate orders approving up ...
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