( June 21, 2024, 8:42 AM EDT) -- HOUSTON — The U.S. trustee’s bid to have a Texas law firm 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. due to a romantic relationship between one of its attorneys and the bankruptcy judge who acted as mediator should be rejected because it “it inequitably and improperly targets” the law firm, which did nothing wrong, the firm says in a response brief in a federal bankruptcy court....