Mingson Lau.

Changes approved recently by lawmakers in Texas, Oklahoma and Nevada could help their states lure some of the big-money legal business that Delaware and its specialized court have dominated as the world’s incorporation capital. Texas, which opened a business court last year, approved giving businesses more legal protections against shareholder lawsuits. Nevada lawmakers OK’d a corporation-friendly update to its business laws, and moved toward asking voters to change the state constitution to create a dedicated business court with appointed judges.