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Special Masters: How To Make the Best of Both Worlds, Part V
By Merril Hirsh, James M. Rhodes, Karl Bayer - January 12, 2015
In Part Four we began to discuss solutions (not just problems), and urged that a first step in incentivizing counsel to hold down litigation costs is to have a neutral oversee the process of discovery closely enough (1) to make it in counsel’s interest to act reasonably in the first place; and (2) to rule on unreasonable demands or failures to respond to discovery quickly, so that they gain no tactical advantage.
Judge Waxse E-Discovery Roundup
By Victoria VanBuren - November 12, 2012
by Jeremy Clare After blogging about In the Matter of Applications for Search Warrants for Information Associated with Target Email Address, we have come across several noteworthy materials related to e-discovery written by the Honorable David J. Waxse, the author of the Order. Judge Waxse is a Magistrate Judge with the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas and a well-known scholar on e-discovery. He is an Observer to The Sedona Conferen
GUEST BLOG: Current Issues in eDiscovery & ADR
By Beth Graham - November 19, 2010
by Peter S. Vogel Michael Geigerman was the Moderator for a half seminar at the Washington University School of Law regarding complexities created by eDiscovery and Social Media on October 29, 2010. Mr. Geigerman is a full-time Mediator in St. Louis, the Managing Director of United States Arbitration & Mediation Midwest, Inc. (USA&M Midwest Inc.), and is an Adjunct Professor at the Washington University School of Law where he runs the ABA
The First Court of Appeals of Texas Limits Scope of Special Master Authority in eDiscovery
By Beth Graham - September 16, 2010
In a very troubling opinion, the First Court of Appeals of Texas has held that providing a special master with unrestricted access to all documents on a hard drive and discretion to employ or modify search terms is impermissible when discovery is ordered in a special appearance context. In In re Howard K. Stern, No. 01-09-00438-CV, (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] August 25, 2010) celebrity Anna Nicole Smith’s mother, Virgie Arthur, alleged in an u
GUEST-POST | eDiscovery Update: Special Masters and eMediation
By Victoria VanBuren - July 28, 2010
By Peter S. Vogel Special Masters can help Judges and parties in eDiscovery disputes and also reduce the cost of litigation. Also managing eDiscovery can be improved by using eMediators who can help simply eDiscovery disputes and reduce motion practice. My recent article in the Texas Lawyer discusses some of the benefits of eMediation and Special Masters in eDiscovery. Over the past 20 years I have served as a Mediator and Special Master in compu
Reminder | State Bar of Texas CLE Webcast on February 16: “When to Use eMediation or Special Masters in eDiscovery”
By Victoria VanBuren - February 10, 2010
Peter S. Vogel, trial partner at Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP and contributor of this blog and Allison O’Neal Skinner from the Alabama-based law firm Sirote & Permutt will host the TexasBarCLE Webcast “When to Use eMediation or Special Masters in eDiscovery“ on February 16, 2010 from 2-3:30pm. Here are more details: eDiscovery has changed litigation forever and now litigants need innovative ways to navigate the disputes that inevitably arise with
Free Podcast | How To Work With E-Mediation and Special Masters in E-Discovery Cases
By Victoria VanBuren - February 5, 2010
We thought that you might be interested to listen to the Podcast entitled “How To Work With E-Mediation and Special Masters in E-Discovery Cases” by Peter S. Vogel, trial partner at Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP and contributor of this blog and Allison O’Neal Skinner from the Alabama-based law firm Sirote & Permutt. The ESIBytes™ Podcast of about 40 minutes is available here. (no PowerPoints, but free!) Peter and Allison will als
GUEST-POST | 210 Billion Emails Sent Each Day –It’s Time to Use eMediation or Special Masters in eDiscovery – Webcast on February 16, 2010 (State Bar of Texas CLE)
By Victoria VanBuren - January 15, 2010
by Peter S. Vogel Recent surveys indicate that there are over 210 billion emails sent each day, which does not include the more than 1 trillion text messages sent in 2008. eDiscovery has impacted every lawsuit in every courthouse, and with this unbelievable number of emails and text messages litigation will never be the same. After the Guest Post last November about Allison Skinner’s Brilliant idea about eMediation, Allison and I have received gr
GUEST-POST | Mediating eDiscovery Disputes – Allison Skinner’s Brilliant Idea
By Victoria VanBuren - October 29, 2009
By Peter S. Vogel Allison O. Skinner is an attorney and full-time mediator at Sirote & Permutt and has written two outstanding articles about resolving eDiscovery disputes as a Mediator to develop a “Mediated Discovery Plan.” What a great way to help parties take advantage of the mediation process to reduce the out of control costs of eDiscovery and at the same time reach an amicable plan to deal with eDiscovery. Allison has setup a great mod
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