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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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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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Hong Kong Enacts Apology Legislation

On 13 July 2017 the Hong Kong Legislative Council passed the Apology Ordinance. This decrees that an out-of-court expression of a person’s regret, sympathy or benevolence, including a statement that he is sorry about a...more

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Business Savvy: North Carolina Has Revamped its Business Court & Corporate Structure Rules

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North Carolina continues to be cultivated into increasingly fertile ground in which sophisticated and complex businesses can flourish. Governor McCrory recently signed into law SL2014-102 (SB 853) (the “Act”), an act which...more

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Business Court Modernization Bill is now Law

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This session we've watched SB 853 - Business Court Modernization work through the legislative process and we are impressed by freshman Senator Tamara Barringer's first big effort. All you lawyers who take on complex...more

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