The Iowa Supreme Court has recently selected three new judges to the Iowa Business Specialty Court: District Judge Rustin Davenport, District Judge David Odekirk, and…
On November 1, 2023, the Michigan Supreme Court adopted the Michigan Continuing Judicial Education Rules, effective January 1, 2024. These Rules will require every judicial…
On November 30, 2023, the Michigan Court of Appeals issued an unpublished opinion in Bordine v. Bordine, a shareholder oppression and breach of fiduciary duty…
Yesterday, the Michigan Business Law Journal published its Fall 2023 issue, which includes the tri-annual column, Touring the Business Courts. For this issue’s column, authors…
The American College of Business Court Judges (ACBCJ) has announced its officers for 2023-2024. Founded in October 2005, the ACBCJ has played an important role…
January 1, 2023 marked the tenth anniversary of the effective date of Michigan’s business court statute. Mich. Comp. L. 600.8031 et seq. This month, the…
Ohio’s civil court system is currently experiencing significant docket backlogs and an abundance of over-age cases—a lingering result of the COVID-19 pandemic. One possible solution?…
While I am honored and humbled to take over this blog from Lee Applebaum—its founder and author for the last (almost) five years—I would be…
The Business Courts Blog is changing hands. In late 2018, after 15 years of studying, writing, posting, and commenting on business courts, I began the…
On July 14, 2023, South Carolina’s Supreme Court issued an administrative order amending the Business Court’s parameters and judicial appointments. This amends the Supreme Court’s…