Bouchard v. Jones et al

  1. March 10, 2025

    Judge Romance Row Remanded, Ch. 11 Plans Approved

    A Texas federal judge sent part of a dispute over a former bankruptcy judge's secret romance with a onetime Jackson Walker partner back to the court where the disgraced jurist once oversaw high-profile insolvencies, ordering the CEO of a defunct barge operator to seek standing in Texas bankruptcy court.

  2. March 06, 2025

    Bankruptcy Court's Input Sought In Judge Romance Row

    A federal judge asked a Texas bankruptcy court to determine if the CEO of a now-bankrupt barge company has standing to sue over a former judge's secret romance with a Jackson Walker partner.

  3. March 04, 2025

    Judge Says She'll Ask What 'Nobody Else Will' In Romance Suit

    A federal judge expressed incredulity Tuesday that Jackson Walker didn't press its former partner harder to get the exact dates of her relationship with a former bankruptcy judge when allegations of their relationship came to light in 2021.

  4. October 07, 2024

    FTX Wins Plan Approval, Diamond Sports Drops MLB Deals

    FTX will start repaying customers using up to $16.5 billion in assets that the fallen cryptocurrency company has recovered since filing for bankruptcy in November 2022, after a Delaware bankruptcy judge blessed FTX's reorganization plan at a hearing Monday. 

  5. October 04, 2024

    Ex-Judge Jones Says Judicial Acts Bar Atty Romance Claims

    Former bankruptcy judge David R. Jones said judicial immunity bars claims over his undisclosed romantic relationship with a former Jackson Walker LLP attorney because the purported harm to the onetime head of a now-shuttered barge company stemmed from official acts.

  6. September 04, 2024

    Immunity Can't Shield Ex-Judge In Romance Suit, Court Told

    The former head of a now-shuttered barge company is asking a Texas federal judge to keep alive his claims against a former bankruptcy judge over his undisclosed romantic relationship with an attorney on the company's Chapter 11 case, saying the onetime jurist isn't entitled to immunity for "decidedly non-judicial acts."

  7. August 26, 2024

    Texas Cases To Watch In Last Half Of 2024

    Courts across the state are poised to make decisions in several high-stakes cases over the next several months, including ruling on whether Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton can be deposed in a long-running employment retaliation suit and whether a challenge to Texas' floating Rio Grande barrier must be tried before a jury. 

  8. July 22, 2024

    Giuliani In Limbo, Guo Faces Ch. 11 Trustee Suit

    The court-appointed watchdog for Miles Guo's bankruptcy has unpaused a civil racketeering conspiracy case against the Chinese billionaire after his criminal RICO case resulted in a conviction, ex-New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani's Chapter 11 case has still yet to be dissolved, and a new bankruptcy judge has ascended to the bench in New York.

  9. July 19, 2024

    Bankruptcy Judge's Affair Sank Barge Company, Ex-CEO Says

    The former CEO of a now-defunct barge company claims that a Houston bankruptcy judge's affair with a Jackson Walker attorney helped destroy his business, saying that Jackson Walker shouldn't escape racketeering claims because it hid its part in the lucrative relationship.

  10. July 11, 2024

    Ex-Bankruptcy Judge Says Immunity Bars Atty Romance Suit

    A former U.S. bankruptcy judge being sued over a secret romantic relationship he had with a former Jackson Walker LLP lawyer who practiced in his court urged a Texas federal court on Thursday to toss the case, arguing that he enjoys "absolute immunity" from civil lawsuits over "judicial acts" even if he engaged in misconduct.