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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Texas (Business) Courts to Open for Business: Law Creating Specialized Business Courts in Texas Becomes Official

Last Friday, June 9, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed Texas House Bill 19, which codifies a business court system in Texas. Similar to the commercial court systems that exist in Delaware and New York, Texas's business court...more

Oliva Gibbs LLP

New Texas Business Courts

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In June 2023, Governor Greg Abbott signed new legislation that will change the landscape in Texas for resolving business disputes. Texas House Bill 19 (HB 19) creates new Texas “Business Courts” with jurisdiction over certain...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

The new Texas Business Court: What it is and how to use it

With Governor Abbott signing House Bill 19 into law on June 9, Texas joins more than two dozen US states with a specialized business court system designed to preside over specific high-value business and commercial disputes....more

Holland & Knight LLP

Colombia debate Proyecto de Ley para crear salas especializadas en materia ambiental

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Será discutido en segundo debate ante la Plenaria de la Cámara de Representantes del Congreso de la República de Colombia el Proyecto de Ley Estatutaria No. 164 de 2022, “Por la cual se crea la especialidad ambiental en la...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Patent Infringement Pleading Standards Remain Unsettled Five Years After the Abrogation of Form 18 – Part 2: Pleading Standards in...

December 1, 2020 marked the five-year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s abrogation of Form 18—the model complaint that provided the minimum requirements for stating a claim of direct infringement. Following the abrogation...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Federal Circuitry

How the Federal Circuit (and Its Judges) Fare at the Supreme Court

How well do Federal Circuit decisions hold up at the Supreme Court? And which Federal Circuit judges have their votes most often affirmed? With the new Supreme Court term around the corner, we dove into a decade’s worth of...more

Kilpatrick

6 Key Takeaways - North Carolina Business Court: Overview and Analysis of the 2018-2019 Term

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Kilpatrick Townsend attorneys Dustin Greene, Whitney Pakalka, and Beth Winters recently presented a CLE luncheon seminar on “North Carolina Business Court: Overview and Analysis of the 2018-2019 Term.” The CLE took an...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Chief Judge DiFiore Announces Expansion of Commercial Division to Bronx County

During her annual State of Our Judiciary speech on February 26, 2019, Chief Judge Janet DiFiore announced that the Commercial Division would be expanding to Bronx County. As stated by Chief Judge DiFiore, the expansion is “in...more

White & Case LLP

Which jurisdiction? Choosing where to litigate: A jurisdictional overview of the world’s court systems

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With ongoing advances in technology and communications, the number of contracting parties looking beyond their local jurisdiction when choosing a dispute resolution forum continues to grow It is easier than ever for...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

The Assignment of Visiting Federal Judges, and a Little Wisconsin Judicial History

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A decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit earlier this month, Wrenn v. District of Columbia, D.C. Cir. No. 15-7057, is a reminder of the crucial importance of crossing t’s and dotting i’s when it comes to...more

Pierce Atwood LLP

To Remove or Not to Remove in Massachusetts?

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I frequently am asked whether a company sued in Massachusetts state court would be better off in federal court. Despite the common perception that defendants in any state are always better off in federal court, there has...more

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Significant Changes for Michigan Court of Claims

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Parties engaged in litigation against the State of Michigan in the Court of Claims will do so under new jurisdictional rules that were signed into law on November 12, 2013. The law, PA 164, moves the Court of Claims from the...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

In Defense of the Federal Circuit: A Response to Judge Wood

The Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, Diane Wood, recently delivered a speech provocatively titled "Is It Time to Abolish the Federal Circuit's Exclusive Jurisdiction in Patent Cases?" While...more

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