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Texas Adopts Business Courts

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Texas adopted legislation to create a business court. The bill fashioned the business court’s jurisdiction to disputes between businesses, and among businesses and their owners, directors and management. The statute focuses...more

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Texas Legislature Creates the Business Court of Texas and Companion Court of Appeals

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In new legislation signed today by Governor Abbott, Texas has revamped its Court system for resolving business disputes with the creation of new trial and appellate courts with judges to be appointed by the governor with the...more

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88th Texas Legislature Enacts House Bill 19, Creating New Business Court System

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The 88th Texas Legislature has enacted House Bill 19, which currently awaits Governor Greg Abbott’s signature. A significant piece of legislation affecting the state judiciary, HB 19 amends the Texas Government Code by...more

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New Bill Will Streamline Civil Litigation in Texas Court

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On Friday, May 12, the Texas Senate passed a bill that would create a specialized business court to oversee complex civil litigation. The state senators voted 24 to 6 to approve H.B. 19, which was passed by the Texas House...more

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The Texas Business Court: What You Need to Know

Texas has joined more than two dozen other U.S. states in creating a court system to handle certain business disputes. Companies with cases in the new Texas Business Court will appear before appointed judges with expertise in...more

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Half the Battle May be Just Showing Up, but in Business Court Giving Timely Notice that You’re Coming is an Unbending Rule

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“You are remembered for the rules you break.” Gen. Douglas MacArthur- First, this is certainly true. Second, when it comes to the exacting nature of the rules for getting a case properly before the North Carolina Business...more

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Disclosure Pilot Scheme (DPS): How Litigants Should Respond to the Latest Changes [Guide]

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Legal systems around the world come in all shapes and sizes, but few can escape the global increase in the volume and sources of electronic data and the impact it has on eDiscovery. In the United Kingdom, increasing...more

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Business Court Amends Designation Procedure For Mandatory Complex Business Cases

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Effective November 5, 2020, the Business Court amended its procedure for litigants seeking designation to the Business Court for mandatory complex business cases. Of significance, the Court changed Sections II(b)(i) and (ii),...more

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A Case Doesn't Have To Be "Complex" To Be Designated To The NC Business Court

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The North Carolina Business Court sent a message to all lawyers practicing in the Business Court last week in Barclift v. Martin, 2018 NCBC 5. Judge Gale said in the ruling that: The Court is publishing this Order &...more

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The Tennessee Business Court Matures From Start-Up To Growth

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In 2015, to much fanfare, the Tennessee Supreme Court created the Davidson County Business Court Pilot Project (“Business Court”). Tennessee joined over half of the states in the union with the establishment of a court...more

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Commercial Division Advisory Council Releases New Video on The New York Commercial Division

A short new video, entitled A Forum for Business Disputes: The Commercial Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, has recently been released. The film was produced by the Court System’s Commercial Division...more

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NC Court Of Appeals, Not Sure That It Had Jurisdiction, Dismisses Appeal From Business Court Decision

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How does your appeal get dismissed when you've appealed to the "right", "appropriate", or "correct" court? In other words, your appeal was to the Court with jurisdiction over your appeal. It happened in the NC Court of...more

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Indiana’s New Commercial Courts Are Open for Business

Joining nearly two dozen sister states across the country that already have established specialized business courts, Indiana’s Commercial Courts last week began accepting cases that will be subject to new rules designed to...more

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You Can Designate A Case To The NC Business Court Based On A Counterclaim, But It Can Be Tricky

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The Business Court issued a significant Order last week, in Composite Fabrics of America, LLC v. Edge Structural Composites, Inc., 2016 NCBC 11 that Judge Gale said was an "opportunity to clarify. . .how the Court interprets...more

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Strictly business: Could a Commerce Court make Pennsylvania a corporate magnet?

Nearly two-thirds of Fortune 500 businesses are incorporated in Delaware. More than 1 million businesses and half of all publicly traded U.S. companies are registered in Delaware....more

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