q Breach of contract claims involving a Business Entity, other than (1) contract disputes involving claims by a Consumer
against a Business Entity which are not asserted as part of a Complex Consumer Class Action; and (2) contract
disputes involving claims by a Business Entity to collect an account from a Consumer;
q Business tort claims against a Business Entity, Affiliated Person or employee or agent including but not limited to,
interference with contract or prospective business relationships, fraud, misrepresentation, false advertising, antitrust,
unfair competition, unfair trade practices, trade libel or disparagement;
q Business Class Actions not brought by Consumers, with the exception that Complex Consumer Class Actions are
eligible;
q The formation, governance, internal affairs, operations, control, dissolution or liquidation of a Business Entity;
q The rights, obligations, liability or indemnity by, between or among one or more Affiliated Persons of a Business
Entity;
q Claims of breach of fiduciary duty or statutory violations relating to a Business Entity or an Affiliated Person arising
out of business transactions or relationships;
q The valuation, offering, solicitation, sale, purchase, transfer, hypothecation or possession of a Business Interest;
q The provisions of KRS Chapters 14A, 271B, 272, 272A, 273, 273A, 274, 275, 279, 292, 362, 362.1, 362.2, 365 and
those pertaining to any statutory or business trusts under KRS Chapters 386 or 386A;
q Intellectual property, trade secret (including under the Uniform Trade Secret Act), nondisclosure, confidentiality,
non-competition and non-solicitation disputes;
q Transactions governed by the Uniform Commercial Code, except Consumer transactions;
q Franchise, distribution, agency or dealer disputes;
q The purchase or sale of all or part of a Business Entity, whether by merger, acquisition of assets or ownership
interests therein, or otherwise;
q Insurance, indemnity, surety and guaranty contracts and bonds, insuring Business Entities and their Affiliated Persons
and employees against liability, loss and damage, including coverage disputes, but not including suits in which the
Gravamen of the suit is a Personal Injury Dispute, a claim for wrongful death, or property damage for non-business
property owned or possessed by a natural person;
REFERRAL OF CASE, SUA SPONTE,
TO BUSINESS COURT DOCKET
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AOC-BCD-3 Doc. Code: BCDR
Rev. 1-20
Page 1 of 2
Commonwealth of Kentucky
Court of Justice www.kycourts.gov
BCR 2.1; 2.2; 3.4
Case No. ____________________
Court ________________________
County ______________________
Division ______________________
Jeerson
PLAINTIFF(S)
VS.
DEFENDANT(S)
The undersigned Circuit Court Judge finds that, pursuant to BCR 2.1, the above-styled case falls within the jurisdiction of
the Business Court Docket for the reason(s) indicated below and that none of the exceptions set out in BCR 2.2 applies.
The above-styled case is eligible for the Business Court Docket, as follows: (check all that apply)
Jefferson Co. Business Court Docket Pilot Project