West Virginia Chief Justice Evan Jenkins has appointed Judge Maryclaire Akers to a seven-year term in West Virginia’s Business Court Division. A copy of the…
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The West Virginia Business Court Division recently issued its 2020 Annual Report. A copy of the report can be found here. General background This nine-year…
Due to a setting error, email notices have not been going out from the Business Courts Blog with each of our new posts. Our apologies.…
The ABA Section of Business Law’s Business and Corporate Litigation Committee has just published the 2020 edition of Recent Developments in Business and Corporate Litigation. …
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…
As of May 2019, 23 states currently have operational business courts within their borders. Though not yet open for business, Wyoming’s new Chancery Court is to…
Last week, West Virginia’s Supreme Court of Appeals released its 2018 Annual Report on the Circuit Court’s Business Court Division (BCD). A copy can be…
Circuit Court Judge Christopher C. Wilkes served admirably as Chair of West Virginia’s Business Court Division until his retirement last week, effective January 31, 2019. …
Following up on our previous post covering 2000 – 2009, numerous states have produced studies on the merits of establishing business courts, or reports evaluating…