AB280,6,1919 b. Claims under s. 100.30 (5m) or (5r).
AB280,6,2020 c. Claims under s. 134.01.
AB280,6,2121 d. Claims of tortious interference with a business organization.
AB280,6,2322 e. Claims involving restrictive covenants and agreements not to compete or
23solicit.
AB280,6,2424 f. Claims involving confidentiality agreements.
AB280,7,3
13. Cases involving the sale, consolidation, or merger of a business organization
2or the conversion, share exchange, or sale of substantially all of the assets of a
3business organization.
AB280,7,64 4. Cases involving the issuance, sale, or transfer of securities, including claims
5for securities fraud under ch. 551, or any similar statute or law from another
6jurisdiction.
AB280,7,77 5. Cases involving intellectual property rights, including any of the following:
AB280,7,98 a. Claims to determine the use, ownership, or status of trademarks, trade
9secrets, or copyrights.
AB280,7,1010 b. Claims under s. 134.90.
AB280,7,1211 c. Claims involving any agreement relating to the licensing of any intellectual
12property right, including patent rights.
AB280,7,1413 6. Cases involving the relationship between a franchisor and franchisee or
14similar distribution relationship, including any of the following:
AB280,7,1615 a. Claims arising from ch. 135 or any similar statute or law from another
16jurisdiction.
AB280,7,1817 b. Claims arising from s. 134.93 or any similar statute or law from another
18jurisdiction.
AB280,7,2019 c. Claims arising from ch. 553 or any similar statute or law from another
20jurisdiction.
AB280,7,2321 7. Cases involving claims or disputes under ch. 402, 403, 404, 405, or 409, or
22any similar statute or law from another jurisdiction, when the amount in controversy
23exceeds $100,000, exclusive of interest, costs, and attorney fees.
AB280,7,2424 8. Cases involving receiverships in excess of $250,000.
AB280,8,2
19. Cases involving confirmation of arbitration awards and compelling or
2enforcing arbitration awards when the amount in controversy exceeds $100,000.
AB280,8,43 10. Cases involving commercial real estate construction disputes when the
4amount in controversy exceeds $250,000.
AB280,8,11 5(5) Discretionary assignment of cases to the commercial court docket. (a)
6In addition to the cases identified under sub. (4) and that are not otherwise excluded
7under sub. (6), parties to a case in a judicial administrative district in which there
8is a commercial court docket may jointly move the chief judge of that judicial
9administrative district for discretionary assignment of the case to that commercial
10court docket. If the motion for discretionary assignment is granted, the case may be
11assigned to a commercial court docket.
AB280,8,1912 (b) In deciding a motion for discretionary assignment of a case to a commercial
13court docket, the chief judge of the encompassing judicial administrative district
14shall consider the parties to the dispute, the nature of the dispute, the complexity of
15the issues presented, and whether the commercial court's resolution of the case will
16provide needed guidance to influence future commercial behavior or assist in
17resolving future disputes. The decision granting or denying a motion for a
18discretionary assignment of a case to a commercial court docket is final and
19nonappealable.
AB280,8,21 20(6) Ineligible case types. The following cases may not be assigned to the
21commercial court docket:
AB280,8,2222 (a) Cases involving small claims under ch. 799.
AB280,8,2423 (b) Cases involving a governmental entity or political subdivision seeking to
24enforce a statutory or regulatory restriction or prohibition.
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1(c) Unless the claim or dispute identified in this subsection is ancillary and
2incidental to a case assigned to the commercial court docket under sub. (4), cases
3involving a consumer contract or transaction; disputes between landlords and
4tenants; domestic relations claims; labor claims; receivership, insolvency, or
5liquidation cases, except as provided in sub. (4) (b) 8.; malpractice claims; personal
6injury claims; product liability claims; civil rights claims; tax disputes; cases seeking
7to compel arbitration or to affirm or disaffirm an arbitration award, except as
8provided in sub. (4) (b) 9.; construction claims, except as provided in sub. (4) (b) 10.;
9or environmental claims.
AB280,9,14 10(7) Identification and assignment of cases to commercial court docket. (a)
11Plaintiff duties. At the time of the filing of the complaint under s. 801.02 (1), the
12plaintiff in a civil action shall state on the face of the complaint whether the case
13qualifies for the commercial court docket under sub. (4) and is not ineligible for
14assignment under sub. (6).
AB280,9,2015 (b) Clerk of court duties. 1. For cases filed in which a circuit court judge in that
16county has already been assigned a commercial court docket, the clerk of court shall
17assign the case to the commercial court docket and to one of the judges designated
18for the commercial court docket. In the event of a request for judicial substitution,
19the case shall be transferred to another circuit court judge who is assigned to the
20commercial court docket in that judicial administrative district.
AB280,9,2521 2. Within a judicial administrative district participating in the commercial
22court docket, but in which no circuit court judge has been assigned to the commercial
23court docket, upon the filing of a qualifying case, the clerk of court shall notify the
24chief judge of the encompassing judicial administrative district who shall assign one
25of the commercial court docket judges from the other counties in the judicial

1administrative district. The chief judge's selection shall be made pursuant to s.
2751.03 (3). In the event a request for substitution is filed regarding the judge chosen
3by the chief judge of the encompassing judicial administrative district, the chief
4judge shall then assign another judge from the judicial administrative district who
5has been appointed for commercial court cases.
AB280,10,126 (c) Omission by plaintiff; defendant's and 3rd-party defendant's rights and
7prerogatives of the circuit court
. In the event the duties set forth in par. (a) are not
8met, the circuit court may sua sponte, or upon a motion filed by a defendant or a 3rd
9party with his or her or its responsive pleading or responsive motion, order the
10transfer of a case to the commercial court docket if the court determines that the case
11meets the mandatory criteria of sub. (4) and is not ineligible for assignment under
12sub. (6).
AB280,10,1513 (d) Action number assignment. On assignment of any matter to the commercial
14court docket, the matter shall retain the civil action number assigned to it by the
15clerk of court upon the filing of the complaint.
AB280,10,23 16(8) Disputes regarding assignments of cases to the commercial court
17docket.
(a) Contesting the assignment of a case to the commercial court docket. 1.
18After assignment of a case to the commercial court docket, the judge assigned to the
19case may sua sponte, or upon motion of any party, reconsider whether assignment
20of that case to the commercial court docket is appropriate under the requirements
21of sub. (4) and is not ineligible for assignment under sub. (6). Any party filing a
22reconsideration motion under this paragraph shall file the motion no later than the
23earlier of the following:
AB280,10,2524 a. Before any judicial ruling is rendered on any issue of material substance in
25the case.
AB280,11,1
1b. Twenty days after the case is assigned to the commercial court docket.
AB280,11,42 2. If the assigned commercial court judge concludes that the case does not
3qualify for assignment to the commercial court docket, the judge shall return the case
4to the general civil case docket.
AB280,11,95 (b) Review. Any party aggrieved by the outcome of a motion for reconsideration
6under par. (a) may request the chief judge of the judicial administrative district in
7which the commercial court sits to review the reconsideration decision. A decision
8by the chief judge of the judicial administrative district resolving the question of
9which docket shall be assigned the case is final and nonappealable.
AB280,11,17 10(9) Transferring a case to a commercial court docket. (a) Parties from
11judicial administrative districts that do not have a dedicated commercial court
12docket may petition to have their cases administered within a commercial court
13docket. To facilitate consideration of such petitions, the director of state courts shall
14periodically designate a district court administrator to be the court administrative
15officer for the commercial court docket and shall also designate a circuit court judge
16serving as a commercial court judge at the time of designation to be the supervising
17commercial court judge.
AB280,11,1918 (b) Parties described under par. (a) may jointly petition for transfer of a case
19to a commercial court docket if all of the following are true:
AB280,11,2120 1. The case is a type identified in sub. (4) and is not ineligible for assignment
21to a commercial court docket under sub. (6).
AB280,11,2322 2. The parties agree to use the forms and procedures developed for use in the
23commercial court docket.
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13. The parties agree that all proceedings will be conducted in the courtroom of
2the judge to which the case is assigned under par. (c), except that if the case proceeds
3to trial, the trial will be conducted in the county where the case was originally filed.
AB280,12,44 (c) The procedure for a joint petition for transfer shall be as follows:
AB280,12,225 1. When parties petition for the transfer of a commercial court case from a
6district that does not then have a commercial court docket, they shall file that
7petition with the clerk of court in the county where the case is originally filed and also
8file a copy of that petition with the court administrative officer designated by the
9director of state courts. The supervising commercial court judge shall determine
10where the case should be transferred based upon workload and the reasonable
11convenience of the parties and shall confer with the chief judge of that judicial
12administrative district as to which commercial court judge is best able to accept that
13additional workload assignment. The parties requesting the assignment to the
14commercial court docket shall agree that the judge assigned to the case may direct
15that all matters, other than trial, be held either in the assigned judge's home
16courtroom or by electronic means. Trials shall be held in the county in which the case
17was originally filed. The clerk of the circuit court of the county where the case was
18originally filed shall continue to be responsible to accept filings, clerk on the record
19proceedings, and perform all other duties applicable to that case. Any judgments
20rendered as a result of such proceedings shall be docketed in the county in which the
21matter was originally filed and any appeal shall be made to the court of appeals in
22the appellate district where the case was originally filed.
AB280,13,223 2. The supervising commercial court docket judge shall consider the caseload
24of the judges designated for the commercial court docket, the nature of the case for
25which the petition was submitted, and the work requirements for cases already

1pending in the commercial court docket when determining whether to allow the
2transfer of a case under this paragraph.
AB280,13,63 3. The supervising commercial court docket judge shall, upon allowing a
4transfer, assign the case to the commercial court docket and to one of the judges
5designated for the commercial court docket in a participating judicial administrative
6district.
AB280,13,117 4. In the event of a request for judicial substitution in a case transferred under
8this subsection and assigned to the commercial court docket, the chief judge of the
9judicial administrative district in which the assignment is made shall then assign
10another judge from the judicial administrative district who has been appointed for
11commercial court cases.
AB280,13,1312 (d) No party may withdraw a request for transfer to the commercial court
13docket after a judicial assignment has been made under par. (c).
AB280,13,1414 (End)
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