Following up on last week’s discussion of who decides arbitrability, Rhode Island business court judge Richard A. Licht recently issued an opinion on the same…
Wisconsin Business Court Judge Michael Aprahamian addressed the issue of whether the court or an arbitrator decides arbitrability. In this case, the role went to…
In this recent Michigan Business Court case, Judge Jon Van Allsburg addressed the interesting issue of whether a former employer might be liable for tortious…
In late 2012, West Virginia’s Supreme Court of Appeals established the Business Court Division of West Virginia’s Circuit Court. The Business Court Division recently made…
Douglas Toering and Ian Williamson have written an article, Business Courts in Michigan: Seven Years and Counting, on the current status of Michigan’s business courts.…
Philadelphia’s Commerce Case Management Program (“Commerce Court”) has three dedicated judges who manage all aspects of cases assigned to them from beginning to end. The…
On December 23, 2019, New York’s Office of Court Administration (OCA) gave written notice of a proposed rule amendment permitting the Commercial Division to require…
On December 30, 2019, Wyoming’s Supreme Court adopted draft rules of civil procedure for Wyoming’s new Chancery Court. The order provides for a period of…
Philadelphia Commerce Court Applies Basic Contract Principles in Entering Judgment for Subcontractor
In Carson Concrete Corp. v. Ernest Bock & Sons, Philadelphia Commerce Court Judge Gary S. Glazer reiterated basic contract law principles in issuing his Findings…
In James D. Morrissey, Inc. v. FedEx Ground Packaging System, Inc., Philadelphia Commerce Court Judge Nina Wright Padilla held that an arbitration agreement only encompassed…