( April 11, 2024, 2:47 PM EDT) -- HOUSTON — A Texas law firm should return more than $400,000 in fees it was awarded for work on mediation in the asbestos bankruptcy case of Hess Corp. affiliate HONX Inc. because it never disclosed a romantic relationship between one of its attorneys and the bankruptcy judge who acted as mediator, the U.S. trustee says in a federal bankruptcy court motion to vacate the fee award and order the firm to pay it back to HONX’s estate as a sanction for its bad faith conduct....