Jan 30, 2025 · The administrator for JCPenney's bankruptcy filed a federal suit against Jackson Walker on Tuesday seeking disgorgement of more than $1 million in fees. It alleges the firm breach a fiduciary duty ...

Jan 29, 2025 · The administrator for JCPenney’s 2020 bankruptcy sued the company’s former law firm, Jackson Walker LLP, for failing to disclose a romance between one of the firm’s ex-partners and the bankruptcy judge who oversaw its Chapter 11 case.

Jan 29, 2025 · The administrators for J.C. Penney’s pandemic-era chapter 11 case sued its former law firm Jackson Walker on Tuesday for not disclosing the romantic relationship between a former bankruptcy ...

And this week, Jackson Walker is facing another lawsuit because of this mess. As reported by Bloomberg Law, former client JCPenney filed a lawsuit earlier this week seeking the disgorgement of $1. ...

Jan 30, 2025 · Rather than making necessary disclosures required after learning of the romantic relationship between a former Jackson Walker bankruptcy partner and a then-sitting bankruptcy judge in Houston, the law firm “worked to circle the wagons” to protect itself from the fallout, JCPenney has alleged in a recently-filed complaint.

6 days ago · Jackson Walker LLP rebuffed advice from its own outside ethics expert to disclose a relationship between a partner and a bankruptcy judge, instead opting for a confidentiality agreement barring discussions of the romance, according to a government-commissioned report.

Jan 29, 2025 · Jackson Walker LLP should have to return the more than $1 million paid to it by J.C. Penney given the firm's failure to disclose that one of its partners had a romantic relationship with the judge ...

Oct 18, 2024 · In the wake of the scandal, a fee dispute involving Jackson Walker emerged. The Justice Department’s bankruptcy monitor, the U.S. Trustee, is seeking to claw back $18 million in fees paid to...

Dec 29, 2024 · The US Department of Justice is seeking to claw back more than $30mn in fees paid to Jackson Walker in dozens of cases where Freeman appeared before Jones.

Sep 23, 2024 · A Houston bankruptcy judge said U.S. law firm Jackson Walker breached its ethical duties for not earlier disclosing a relationship between David Jones, another Houston bankruptcy judge who...