Indiana Commercial Courts: Handbooks (PDF)

With consent of the National Judicial College, the Indiana Commercial Courts Working Group developed the Indiana Commercial Courts Handbook (“the Handbook”), based in large part on the National Judicial College’s Resource Guide on Complex Litigation (the “Resource Guide”).

The Resource Guide was originally created to assist state trial judges who are assigned Commercial Court civil cases. The Resource Guide is based upon the Federal Judicial Center’s Manual for Complex Litigation, Fourth. See Appendix A for the cover page, copyright, and acknowledgements of the Manual for Complex Litigation.

The Handbook has six chapters: (1) General Considerations; (2) Case Management Conferences; (3) Discovery; (4) Trial Management Conference/Preparation for Trial; (5) Trial; (6) Managing Class Actions; and the Appendix. In Chapter One, the Handbook addresses general considerations such as the judge’s role, counsel’s role, appointing Commercial Court Masters, using court appointed experts, and it examines related litigation.

Indiana Commercial Courts: Handbooks (PDF)