Judge Steps Down From Halliburton Fraud Suit

The judge overseeing a shareholder accounting fraud suit against Halliburton Co. stepped down from the case after disclosing that his children owned company stock.

The case has been transferred from U.S. District Judge David Godbey to U.S. District Judge Barbara Lynn, said a spokeswoman for the clerk’s office of the federal court in Dallas, where both judges sit.