[This is an update of our Saturday, March 14, 2020, post concerning the Covid-19 virus and court appearances by lawyers in non-trial matters.] Some of…
Category: Wisconsin
On February 22, 2020, Wisconsin’s Supreme Court issued an order expanding Wisconsin’s Commercial Docket Pilot Project to two additional trial level sets of courts. Under…
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…
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.…
On November 6, 2019, Wisconsin Chief Justice Patience Drake Roggensack gave considerable attention to Wisconsin’s new business court during her State of the Judiciary Address.…
A number of business and complex litigation courts have created standardized forms for use by their judges and practitioners. We have previously posted some of…
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…
One objective for many business courts is to publish opinions. This falls in line with the goal of creating rational predictability for the litigation community, as…
In 2017, Wisconsin’s Supreme Court established the Commercial Docket Pilot Project in the Waukesha County Circuit Court (within the Third Judicial District, bordering Milwaukee County),…
Wisconsin Commercial Docket Pilot Project Judge Michael J. Aprahamian recently issued an opinion addressing spoliation sanctions for a relentless pattern of ill-intended acts, including altering or destroying electronic…