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Vinson & Elkins LLP

House Bill 40 Approved by the Texas Legislature—Expanding Business Court Jurisdiction and Operations

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As an update to Vinson & Elkins’ prior coverage of House Bill 40 (“H.B. 40”)—new legislation that expands the jurisdiction and operations of the recently opened Texas business courts—both houses of the Texas Legislature...more

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Texas Business Courts Prepare to Begin Accepting New Cases

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This is an update to our firm’s previous article covering the creation of Texas’ new business court system and Fifteenth Court of Appeals. These new courts were created in 2023 by the 88th Texas Legislature and will begin...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Texas (Business) Courts to Open for Business: Law Creating Specialized Business Courts in Texas Becomes Official

Last Friday, June 9, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed Texas House Bill 19, which codifies a business court system in Texas. Similar to the commercial court systems that exist in Delaware and New York, Texas's business court...more

Oliva Gibbs

New Texas Business Courts

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In June 2023, Governor Greg Abbott signed new legislation that will change the landscape in Texas for resolving business disputes. Texas House Bill 19 (HB 19) creates new Texas “Business Courts” with jurisdiction over certain...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Texas Revolution: State Legislature Creates New Business Court System to Handle Significant Commercial Disputes

On May 25, 2023, the Texas Legislature enacted the biggest structural change to the Texas court system in recent memory. House Bill 19 (“HB 19”)—signed by Governor Greg Abbott in June—creates a new “Business Court” system for...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

The new Texas Business Court: What it is and how to use it

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....more

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