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The Delaware Chancery Court, with over 200 years of precedent on its books, is still a top choice despite competition from other states. Specialized business courts draw in sophisticated litigants involved in complex business...more
Slant Operating, LLC and Slant Holdings, LLC v. Octane Energy Operating, LLC, reveals the benefits and purposes of the Texas Business Court in resolving complex energy disputes (such as convincing businesses to abandon...more
A growing number of companies are rethinking where they call home, and some are choosing to leave Delaware for Texas, a trend that’s picked up the nickname “Dexit.” With the launch of the Texas Business Court in the fall of...more
Judge A. Todd Brown has announced he will retire from the Business Court effective March 3, 2026. In a February 19, 2026 press release, Chief Justice Paul Newby announced that Special Superior Court Judge Graham Shirley will...more
In the final quarter of 2025, the Texas Business Court closed its first calendar year of operation with a full slate of notable opinions. The Business Court continued to release opinions clarifying its jurisdiction, including...more
The Texas Business Court has made it clear that in order to satisfy its amount in controversy jurisdictional threshold when only unpaid royalties are sought under a breach of contract claim, the amount in...more
Drue Moore was co-founder of a company at the center of today’s high-finance college coaching carousel. Defendant Winthrop Intelligence, LLC used public records to aggregate university data, including coaching salaries, and...more
Kilpatrick’s Dustin Green and Whitney Pakalka recently presented a CLE seminar providing a “2025 North Carolina Business Court Update.” The presentation provided an in-depth discussion of the North Carolina Business Court’s...more
Businesses that face complex disputes in North Carolina should prepare for significant changes to the Business Court designation process starting December 1, 2025, including renewed opportunities to get their cases before the...more
While Delaware's Court of Chancery tends to get all the headlines, the rest of the U.S. boasts a robust collection of localized business courts, where corporate disputes are regularly decided. This Law360 Expert Analysis...more
In February 2025, we wrote about the new Texas Business Court and factors to consider in determining whether to file your next construction suit in Texas’ new court. Since then, the Texas Legislature has expanded the Texas...more
Akin is excited to announce the launch of our three-part, limited series podcast, The Business Court Benches: Delaware and Texas Compared. This topical series, co-hosted by Akin litigation partners Scott Barnard and Stephanie...more
At first glance, SB 632 resembles Texas House Bill 19 (HB 19), the 2023 law establishing the Texas Business Court. But differences in the Texas Constitution likely provide stronger legal protection for Texas’ new system,...more
When something goes wrong with your contract or business deal, where do you go to enforce your rights? The rise of business courts reflects growing competition between states to offer efficient forums that meet the needs of...more
Texas is aggressively positioning itself as the nation’s trial capital for “bet-the-company” business disputes. On September 1, 2025, the recently created Texas business courts will begin welcoming trade secret and...more
Nearly one year in, the Texas Business Court has been an unqualified success. Despite early skepticism, the Court, which started accepting cases on September 1, 2024, has lived up to its goal of moving business litigation in...more
In a recent decision out of the Texas Business Court’s Eleventh Division—Kassam v. Dosani, Cause No. 24-BC11A-0021—the court refused to let defendants fracture a complex business dispute into smaller pieces. The result? A...more
A recent decision from the Texas Business Court, Reed v. Rook TX, LP, centers on a dramatic claim: Jerry Reed, who “won a $7.5 million Lotto Texas jackpot in May 2023,” alleges that “his winnings would have been $95 million...more
Oklahoma has now joined many other states creating specialty business courts to handle complex business litigation. Senate Bill 632 creates two new specialized business courts, which will be located in Oklahoma County and...more
On June 1, 2025, the Texas legislature passed HB 40, and Governor Greg Abbott signed it on June 21, 2025. The new law helps further define the jurisdiction of Texas’s Business Courts, originally established in 2023. This is...more
On June 20, 2025, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed House Bill 40 (HB 40), a piece of legislation that expands the Texas Business Court’s jurisdiction and streamlines procedures to expedite commercial disputes....more
On the final day of the 89th Legislative Session, the Texas Legislature passed House Bill 40 (HB 40) to expand the jurisdictional and operational framework of the Texas Business Court. The Bill has since been signed by...more
As an update to Vinson & Elkins’ prior coverage of House Bill 40 (“H.B. 40”)—new legislation that expands the jurisdiction and operations of the recently opened Texas business courts—both houses of the Texas Legislature...more
The Texas Legislature in 2023 created its first Business Court, making Texas the 31st state to establish a specialized court to adjudicate complex business disputes. The Business Court is divided into 11 divisions...more
The Business Court of Texas’ recent opinion in Atlas IDF, LP v. NexPoint Real Estate Partners, LLC offers important guidance on the meaning of a “qualified transaction” under Texas Government Code Chapter 25A and the...more