On October 1, 2024, Utah’s Business and Chancery Court (BCC) opened its doors. As noted in a prior post, Judge Rita Cornish is serving as…
Author: Douglas Toering
In a unanimous decision issued last month in In re Dallas County, the Texas Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Fifteenth Court of Appeals.…
The North Carolina Judicial Branch recently announced upcoming personnel changes in the state’s business court. Chief Business Court Judge Louis A. Bledsoe, III (Charlotte, N.C.)…
Earlier this month, the ABA Judicial Division held its Annual Meeting in Chicago (July 31 to August 5). At the conference, Judge Heather Welch was…
Oklahoma recently took a step towards creating its own business court system. On May 29, 2024, the Oklahoma Senate passed Senate Bill 473, which creates…
Utah Governor Spencer J. Cox recently appointed Judge Rita Cornish as the first judge in Utah’s new Business and Chancery Court; the appointment now awaits…
As noted in previous posts, the New York Commercial Division Advisory Council held a weekly lunchtime lecture series throughout June 2024. The series primarily focused…
Things are heating up for Texas’ Business Court, which will start receiving newly filed cases on September 1, 2024. During the week of June 10,…
The Qatar International Court and Dispute Resolution Centre (“QICDRC”) hosted the 5th Meeting of the Standing International Forum of Commercial Courts (“SIFoCC”) from April 20…
On February 1, 2024, the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts issued its 2023 Report on North Carolina Business Court. Below, we excerpt key portions…