Volume 6 Issue 39

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Qualifications and Terms: Newly Introduced

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Rule Making Authority: Newly Introduced

Ohio HB 592 Requires that every proceeding before any court of record be recorded by an audio electronic recording device and that the recording be made available immediately following the proceeding to any party to the proceeding and, except to the extent that the recording is a record to which public access is restricted by court rule or statute, to any other person. Requests the Supreme Court to amend the court rules it has adopted to include in those Rules provisions that correspond to the bill's requirements. In House (no committee).

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Salary and Budget: Newly Introduced

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Selection: Newly Introduced

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Structure Changes: Newly Introduced

Michigan HB 5128 AS AMENDED: Requires each circuit with at least three judges to have a business court, and to submit a plan for its operation to the State Court Administrative Office (SCAO) and the Supreme Court. Allows circuits with fewer than three judges to submit an administrative order for a business court to the Supreme Court and the SCAO for review as part of a concurrent jurisdiction plan. Provides that a business court would have jurisdiction over business disputes and commercial disputes in which the amount in controversy exceeded $25,000. Requires an action to be assigned to a business court if all or part of it included a business or commercial dispute. Requires an action to be assigned to a business court judge by blind draw. Authorizes the chief judge of the circuit to review assignments, and provide that the judge's ruling could not be appealed. Requires a business court action to be filed electronically, whenever possible. Requires a business court to meet minimum standards determined by the SCAO. Provides that fees payable in civil actions in circuit court would apply to business court cases. Requires the Michigan Judicial Institute to provide training for business court judges. Provides that any case pending on a pilot business court docket on January 1, 2013, would remain on that docket and assigned to the same judge until its completion. Approved with Senate amendment by full Senate 9/20/12. To House to concur with Senate amendment.

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Other: Newly Introduced

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