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This is an update to our firm’s previous article covering the creation of Texas’ new business court system and Fifteenth Court of Appeals. These new courts were created in 2023 by the 88th Texas Legislature and will begin...more
The newly-adopted Texas Business Courts open in September 2024. These courts will bolster the Texas judicial system by adding an efficient court that specializes in large commercial business disputes. ...more
Texas’ new business court, which the state hopes will make complex litigation more efficient, opens in less than four months. And while there’s still uncertainty about how the court will operate, its structure and the Texas...more
The Texas legal landscape will change significantly on September 1, 2024, with the launch of the Business Court and the 15th Court of Appeals. While the start date is set, many details are still uncertain. In this episode,...more
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
Texas is known as a business-friendly state. With every biennial session, the Texas Legislature passes laws affecting our courts and commercial disputes. This post discusses changes from the most recent regular session that...more
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
Join us as we unpack the highlights of the 88th Texas Legislature. In this episode, Jerry Bullard discusses the ins and outs of business courts and their potential impact, plus other intriguing legal developments. He takes us...more
On June 2, 2023, the Texas 88th Legislature concluded its session and passed two laws that significantly affect the adjudication of select cases. House Bill 19 (HB 19) amended the Texas Government Code and created a statewide...more
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
After years of stalled attempts, Texas will soon be the thirtieth state to establish a specialized business court specifically designed to hear complex commercial cases. House Bill 19, recently approved by the Texas...more
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
“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
On October 14, 2022, the Mecklenburg County Business Court CLE was back in person, with a full day of amazing presentations and, as is tradition, concluded with the panel of Business Court Judges....more
The North Carolina Business Court has implemented a new subscriber-based email alert system to keep readers up to date on the Court’s recent decisions. The alert will hit subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday and contain...more
On April 30, 2021, then-Vice Chancellor (now Chancellor) Kathaleen S. McCormick of the Delaware Court of Chancery issued a post-trial decision addressing an array of important topics in the "busted deal" context following a...more
Be careful what you wish for, lest it come true. – drawn from The Old Man and Death, Aesop- In Brewer v. Grue, 2020 NCBC 59, Judge Conrad offers a helpful update to convert that traditional morality tale to the rough...more
Wyoming is business friendly and has been taking efforts to streamline conflicts related to companies doing business in the Cowboy State. On March 15, 2019, Governor Gordon signed into law an act of the 2019 Wyoming...more
New York is continuously working to advance the delivery and quality of civil justice in this state. We recently discussed the technological developments in New York State Commercial Division courtrooms and a few months ago...more
The Delaware House of Representatives voted on June 28 to expand the number of vice chancellors on the Court of Chancery from four to six....more
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
New Jersey’s Complex Business Litigation Program just completed what by all accounts was a busy and successful initial year of operation. Following the national trend of establishing specialized business courts, New Jersey on...more
I don't know why lawyers keep trying to get Business Court Judges to overrule decisions by one of their predecessors. It is just not going to happen, as illustrated (yet again) by Judge Bledsoe's decision in County of...more
This past Friday, I went to a seminar put on by the Antitrust and Complex Business Disputes Law Section of the North Carolina Bar Association in an almost successful effort to finish getting my required CLE hours for 2014. ...more