Business Court Studies and Reports 2010 – 2018

Supplementing the post covering reports and studies for 1994 – 2009, numerous states have produced studies on the merits of establishing business courts, or reports evaluating existing business courts. This post provides links to studies and reports on business courts and complex litigation courts from 2010 – 2018.

Arizona

Business Court Advisory Committee Report to the Arizona Judicial Council (2014)

Arizona Commercial Court Pilot Program Report to the Arizona Judicial Council (2016)

Arizona Commercial Court Pilot Program Report to the Arizona Judicial Council (2017)

Commercial Court Review Committee’s Report to the Arizona Judicial Council (2018)

Paula Hannaford-Agar, NCSC Commercial Court Evaluation Final Report (December 2018)

Colorado

The Impact of the Colorado Civil Access Pilot Project (Oct. 2014)

Georgia

We have previously posted links to the Georgia Metro Atlanta Business Case Division’s regular annual reports here.

Statewide Business Courts Subcommittee, State of Georgia Court Reform Council, Final Report, pages 16-24 (Nov. 20, 2017)

Indiana

Indiana Commercial Court Working Group, Initial Report of the Indiana Commercial Court Working Group to the Indiana Supreme Court (Sept. 30, 2015)

Commercial Courts Pilot Project (June 1, 2016 – December 1, 2017)

The Indiana Commercial Court Working Group Final Report and Recommendation (11/1/18)

Iowa

Iowa Civil Justice Reform Task Force, Reforming the Iowa Civil Justice System, Report of the Iowa Civil Justice Reform Task Force (Jan. 30, 2012) Business (Specialty) Courts, pages 93-107

Appendices to January 30, 2012 Iowa Civil Justice Reform Task Force Report, Appendix I, Business Courts in Various States

Iowa Specialty Business Court Pilot Project Initial Evaluation (2014)

Iowa Business Court Pilot Program Second Annual Evaluation (2015)

Iowa Business Court Program Third Annual Evaluation (2016)

Kentucky

Kentucky Civil Justice Reform Commission Outlines (2018)

Maryland

Amelia Parsons and Brett Burka, Report on Business Courts, Recent Developments and Related Issues, prepared for Prof. Michelle Harner, Director, UM Carey Law Business Law Program (2015)

The MSBA-UB Business Law Clerkship Fellows under the auspices of Professor Barbara Ann White, Report, The Maryland Business and Technology Case Management Program: Evolution and Current Functioning (2017)

Final Report and Proposed Recommendations Maryland Business and Technology Case Management Program (2017)

Michigan

Business Impact Committee of State Bar of Michigan Judicial Crossroads Task Force, Business Impact Committee Recommendation – Proposal for the Establishment of a Specialized Business Docket Pilot Program (June 14, 2010)

Douglas L. Toering, Michigan’s Business Court And Commercial Litigation: Past, Present, and Future, Michigan Bar Journal (Aug. 2014)

Douglas L. Toering, Michigan’s Business Courts: Experimenting with Efficiency and Enjoying the Results, Michigan Bar Journal (Nov. 2015)

Michigan’s Judiciary, Success Stories – How Michigan Business Courts Are Driving Change (May 2017)

Minnesota

Recommendations of the Minnesota Supreme Court Civil Justice Reform Task Force (2012)

Missouri

Making the case for complex commercial litigation court in Missouri (2014)

National Center for State Courts