By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | November 3, 2023
Jackson Walker faces a motion seeking disgorgement and sanctions that was filed by two creditors in a bankruptcy formerly in U.S. District Judge David Jones' court.
By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | October 31, 2023
A new report from the Administrative Office of U.S. Courts shows that total bankruptcy filings for the federal fiscal year that ended on Sept. 30 increased by 13%, turning around a long drop.
By Dan Roe | October 25, 2023
Big Law bankruptcy practices are closing in on their best year since 2020.
Connecticut Law Tribune | News
By Emily Cousins | October 23, 2023
"The size of the judgment reflects how reprehensible the conduct was," Nicholas Koffroth said, "but is unlikely to represent what is going to be the ultimate recovery."
The American Lawyer | Analysis
By Dan Roe | October 19, 2023
Major cases, millions in legal fees and Houston's status as a premier destination for corporate restructuring are all at stake in the fallout of Judge David Jones' resignation.
By Dan Roe | October 13, 2023
A long-term romantic relationship between a Texas bankruptcy judge and a former Jackson Walker partner raises questions about law firms' obligations to disclose such information, a legal ethics professor said.
By Adolfo Pesquera | October 9, 2023
"Appellants' arguments that Texas law, not federal bankruptcy law, controls are incorrect. We find the pre-petition payment doesn't affect the debtor's equitable interest in them at the time the petition was filed," wrote Fifth Circuit Judge Stephen A. Higginson.
By Dan Packel | August 29, 2023
"While the meteoric rise and fall of LeClairRyan PLLC may have been extraordinary, LeClair's personal avarice does not translate into a circumstance worthy of vacating this court's opinion," the judge wrote.
By Jimmy Hoover | August 10, 2023
The federal government calls the plan—approved by the Second Circuit—"an abuse of the bankruptcy system."
By Adolfo Pesquera | August 8, 2023
The secured creditors' arguments would render the main point of the plan, and the last three years of litigation, meaningless, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Marvin Isgur said.
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