Recently revealed texts highlighting a Houston attorney’s apparent interactions with a former bankruptcy judge whom she was dating have added more fuel to the fire amid allegations that their relationship led to improper communications about cases he oversaw.

A secret courthouse romance has spurred ethics investigations and a fight over millions in legal fees.

For the last year, Jackson Walker has faced litigation — and presumably a hit to its bankruptcy business and reputation — since the revelation that a Houston bankruptcy partner was romantically involved with a federal bankruptcy judge who presided over many of the firm's bankruptcy cases.

A spate of mixed rulings involving a former bankruptcy judge and his once-secret relationship with a local attorney indicate his former colleagues on the bench are vexed by his ethical lapses, despite issuing decisions largely in his favor.

David Boies catapulted to a new level of fame more than 25 years ago after he won a landmark antitrust case against Microsoft on behalf of the federal government. In the autumn of his storied legal career, he’s staring down his former adversary again.

David Boies catapulted to a new level of fame more than 25 years ago after he won a landmark antitrust case against Microsoft on behalf of the federal government. In the autumn of his storied legal career, he’s staring down his former adversary again.

David Boies catapulted to a new level of fame more than 25 years ago after he won a landmark antitrust case against Microsoft, on behalf of the federal government. In the autumn of his storied legal career, he’s staring down his former adversary again.

Big Law partners are looking at a ruling that sent shock waves through the bankruptcy world as a lesson rather than a serious threat to their model of representing both private equity sponsors and their distressed portfolio companies.