John Olson, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge
A second jurist has undone a ruling by U.S. Bankruptcy Judge John Olson in a long-running case in which litigants claimed the judge had improperly favored a firm that hired his spouse during the case.
U.S. District Judge Federico Moreno set aside Olson’s final judgment in favor of bankruptcy trustee Soneet Kapila, whose lawyers hired litigator George Steven Fender. The attorney was engaged to Olson and later married the judge—while three related cases had been assigned to Olson.
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