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15th Court of Appeals is Constitutional per the Texas Supreme Court
Attached please find a 39 page unanimous Texas Supreme Court decision affirming the constitutionality of the 15th Court of Appeals.
The new Texas Business Court: What it is and how to use it
By Eversheds Southerland. With Governor Abbott signing House Bill 19 into law on June 9, Texas joins more than two dozen US states with a specialized business court system designed to preside over specific high-value business and commercial disputes. Although HB 19 is scheduled to go into effect on September 1, 2023, the new business courts will not open until September 1, 2024. HB 19 will undoubtedly reshape the litigation landscape for business and commercial cases in Texas.
Countdown to Business Courts: Six Must-Know Rules
Gov. Greg Abbott signed HB 19 into law last summer, officially creating the hotly anticipated Texas business court. The new court — which is set to open its doors Sept. 1, 2024 — has been top of mind for Texas trial lawyers ever since. Now, the Texas Supreme Court has proposed the first set of procedural rules that will apply in the business court, bringing clearer focus to the business court vision. Commercial trial lawyers should now be better positioned to advise their clients on the particulars of this new forum.
Preliminary Approval of Amendments to the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure Related to the Fifteenth Court of Appeals
As promulgated by the Texas Supreme Court (Docket No. 24-9005)
Business Courts.....In the Beginning
In 1995, under the leadership of then Chief Judge Judith Kaye, New York State established. the Commercial Division of the Supreme Court. Upon its creation, the Commercial Division was one of the first state court trial divisions. devoted entirely to business cases. Fast forward almost 20 years Iater. The success of the Commercial Division can be measured by the depth and breadth of the cases over which its judges preside, the active and innovative management·techniques employed by individual judges to manage cases of ever~increasing complexity, and the desire of nearly all counsel who are litigating a business case to have their matter heard in the Commercial Division.