The start of 2024 coincides with the retirements of several well-respected business court judges. Judge Clifton Newman (South Carolina Circuit Court) retired in December 2023,…
Jonathan Hugg and Sarah Boutros, attorneys at Eckert Seamans, have co-authored an insightful article summarizing four of the most noteworthy opinions issued by the Philadelphia…
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On November 30, 2023, the Michigan Court of Appeals issued an unpublished opinion in Bordine v. Bordine, a shareholder oppression and breach of fiduciary duty…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…