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Texas Business Court judges report first-year caseload and operations
Summary
Judges of the newly created Texas Business Court described a busy first year after opening Sept. 1, reporting intake and disposition figures, describing efforts to set up infrastructure and local rules, and emphasizing the court’s availability for complex commercial trials.
Judges of the Texas Business Court said the new statewide business court opened Sept. 1 and has handled hundreds of filings in its first year, describing work to stand up staff, local rules and a specialized docket meant to speed resolution of complex commercial disputes.
The remarks matter because the court was created by recent state legislation to provide a focused forum for complex business litigation, a change judges said can reduce delay and give litigants more predictable trial schedules compared with a typical district court docket.
The court was established “by House Bill 19 of the 2023 Texas Legislative Session,” and the legislation created a 10-judge business court with two judges each in Austin, Dallas,…
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