The Oklahoma Bar Journal April 2026

contents April 2026 • Vol. 97 • No. 4

THEME: B usiness & C orporate L aw Editor: Magdalena Way

O n the C over : The downtown Oklahoma City business district overlooks Kerr Park, an urban green space honoring Robert S. Kerr, an Oklahoma lawyer, governor, senator and successful businessman who died in 1963. Photo by Lori Rasmussen.

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Business Courts: A New Era for Oklahoma Commercial Litigation? B y G ary W. D errick , C ecilee G. V an H orn and J acob L. F anning Recent Developments for Corporations in Delaware and Their Implications B y J inah J ung No Corporate AI Statute? No Problem: Advising Oklahoma Businesses Under Existing Corporate Law in the Age of AI B y M ikha R. S lone Can the Economic Loss Doctrine Be Your Economic Gain Doctrine? How the Potential Expansion of the Doctrine Can Protect Your Business B y W ilson D. M c G arry and E van G. V incent

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The Whimper (Almost) No One Heard Coming: B erk v . C hoy and Anti-SLAPP Statutes B y M bilike M. M wafulirwa Register Now for the 2026 OBA Midyear Conference The Academy of Classical Christian Studies Wins State Mock Trial Championship OBA Members Celebrate Milestone Anniversaries

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