Texas’ new system of business courts came with the kind of “fear and trembling” that often accompanies change on such a grand, institutional scale. “What else are courts created for business supposed to do besides favor business,” many worried. But our new business courts have spent the last several months both dispelling those fears and proving why these courts are a smart investment — as much for the public as for litigants.
Business Court Clauses: Contracts Are Key to Securing Business Court Jurisdiction
Many people know that Texas’s new system of business courts opens in September. What they may not know is how, er, nuanced business court jurisdiction is. There are, however, two steps every company may take now to ensure they may invoke business court jurisdiction later. Of course, anyone wishing to avoid business court jurisdiction should simply apply Costanza’s razor and “do the opposite.”