By John Kane | February 21, 2024
"While the Fifth Circuit's decision put to bed a longstanding question of law, it also gives rise to many others," writes John Kane of Kane Russell Coleman Logan.
By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | February 13, 2024
Sharon Jones, a Haynes and Boone partner in Dallas and the firm's chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer, faces a breach of fiduciary duty cause of action in an adversary action filed in the Chapter 7 of diversity consulting company Jones Diversity.
The American Lawyer | Analysis
By Dan Roe | February 6, 2024
The crypto lender emerged from Chapter 11 at the end of January, with former customers receiving bitcoin, stock in a bitcoin mining operation and the rights to legal claims against founder Alex Mashinsky.
By Adolfo Pesquera | January 22, 2024
The Dallas Court of Appeals upheld a temporary injunction brought by an lawyer alleging invasion of privacy.
By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | January 12, 2024
A Texas man who sued former U.S. Bankruptcy Judge David Jones, alleging violation of his constitutional rights, has added Jackson Walker, Kirkland & Ellis and former Jackson Walker partner Elizabeth Freeman in a suit connected to an undisclosed romantic relationship between Jones and Freeman.
By Corinne Ball | December 27, 2023
In her Distress Mergers and Acquisitions column, Corinne Ball discusses the recent case "In re Envision Healthcare Corp," where the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas confronted an apparent conflict between applicable Delaware law and the Bankruptcy Code, determining that the Bankruptcy Code overrides state law and protects a debtor from expulsion by its fellow LLC members.
The American Lawyer | Analysis
By Dan Roe | November 30, 2023
For law firms like Sullivan & Cromwell and Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, the bankruptcy of FTX is proving to be just as profitable as some of the most notoriously lucrative Chapter 11 proceedings.
By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | November 16, 2023
"There is a lot that is not known. What happened here at least raises questions that require further inquiry," said Michael Richman, adjunct professor at University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School.
By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | November 13, 2023
The Dallas-based Am Law 200 firm, which has a large bankruptcy practice, may be forced to return some fees awarded by a judge involved in a romantic relationship with a now-former Jackson Walker partner.
By Adolfo Pesquera | November 9, 2023
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