October 22, 2026
Law firm Jackson Walker said Wednesday that it should not be sanctioned for failing to bring to a Texas federal judge's attention additional cases involving an undisclosed romantic relationship between a bankruptcy judge and one of its attorneys because the U.S. Trustee already investigated those cases and didn't take action.
October 21, 2026
The U.S. Trustee's Office has standing to pursue millions of dollars in fees paid to Jackson Walker LLP in cases assigned to a judge who was in an undisclosed romantic relationship with one of the firm's ex-partners, a Texas bankruptcy court has concluded.
October 19, 2026
The U.S. Trustee's Office has told a Texas bankruptcy court it should not add another case to the watchdog's nearly three-year-old fee clawback litigation against Jackson Walker LLP, saying prepetition bankruptcy work by a former partner whose undisclosed romance with a bankruptcy judge kicked off an ethics scandal was "troubling" but distinct from 33 other cases.
October 05, 2026
The U.S. Trustee's Office told a Texas federal judge that its settlement with Jackson Walker LLP to disgorge fees from cases touched by scandal is on ice while a bankruptcy judge examines the watchdog's standing to seek such relief.
October 05, 2026
Dish DBS Corp. won approval to cut more than $4 billion of debt and exit Chapter 11, while high-speed rail network Brightline got the greenlight to borrow $190 million in bankruptcy financing.
October 02, 2026
A Texas bankruptcy judge Friday threatened Jackson Walker LLP with sanctions over yet another bankruptcy case where the firm's retention was approved by a judge in a relationship with a former attorney at the firm.
September 28, 2026
The administrator for construction startup Katerra Inc.'s Chapter 11 plan has told a Texas bankruptcy court he reached a $560,000 settlement with Jackson Walker LLP over the fees the firm was awarded in the case by a bankruptcy judge who was dating a Jackson Walker partner.
September 14, 2026
LIV Golf arrived in bankruptcy court after Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund pulled its backing, a group of noteholders of telecommunications company Hughes Satellite has sought to file its own restructuring plan, and a Delaware bankruptcy judge sustained objections to the retention of Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP as the counsel of West Virginia coal plant operator Omnis Pleasants.
September 09, 2026
A Texas bankruptcy judge will make a finding on the U.S. Trustee's Office's authority to seek to have attorney fees clawed back from Jackson Walker LLP, after hearing the watchdog argue Wednesday that its public service mission grounds the effort.
September 04, 2026
A Long Island nursing home will fend off a Chapter 7 conversion bid. Former trucking company Yellow Corp. is seeking approval for $526 million in settlements. And the U.S. Trustee's Office is defending its standing to claw back fees from a law firm at the center of a judicial ethics scandal.