October 02, 2025
A group of bondholders Thursday urged a Texas federal judge not to throw out its suit over a former Jackson Walker LLP partner's secret romance with a bankruptcy judge, arguing that the firm "has a problem with telling the truth" and it's "back at it again."
September 16, 2025
Former Bankruptcy Judge David R. Jones wants out of a lawsuit claiming his secret romance scandal infected the restructuring of life insurance bond seller GWG Holdings Inc., arguing that he's clearly protected by judicial immunity.
September 15, 2025
Jackson Walker LLP says bondholders' proposed class action accusing the firm of covering up a romance between a one-time partner and bankruptcy judge is an attempt at invalidating an already confirmed Chapter 11 plan and should be tossed.
August 27, 2025
A former Jackson Walker LLP partner accused of hiding a romance with a former Texas bankruptcy judge asked a court Tuesday to toss a group of bondholders' proposed class action over their company's Chapter 11 proceeding.
June 16, 2025
Retired employees of a Philadelphia suburb filed a lawsuit to open the sale of municipal water systems to private operators in Chester, Pennsylvania's Chapter 9 municipal bankruptcy. 23andMe said it selected a nonprofit created by its co-founder to buy the consumer genetic testing company's assets, replacing a pharmaceutical developer that won a Chapter 11 auction. And Jackson Walker, one of its former attorneys and a former bankruptcy judge are facing a proposed class action, the latest fallout from a 2023 ethics scandal in Texas.
June 13, 2025
A former bankruptcy judge and Jackson Walker LLP have been hit with another lawsuit over the judge's secret romance with a former firm partner, this time a proposed class action from a group of bondholders of financial company GWG Holdings Inc.