Kirkland & Ellis, Jackson Walker and former U.S. Bankruptcy Judge David Jones are facing another lawsuit, in the fallout of news that Jones and a former bankruptcy partner were engaged in an undisclosed romantic relationship.
Morton Bouchard III filed a civil racketeering suit this week in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas-Houston Division, alleging the law firms involved in the bankruptcy of his company conspired to unjustly collect exorbitant fees.