The Supreme Court of Texas has issued a significant decision related to the discovery of electronically stored information (“ESI”).

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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.

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by Peter S. Vogel My friend, Allison Skinner, who co-founded the American College of e-Neutrals with me, attended an interesting panel presented by the E-Discovery Series in the Western District of Pennsylvania on September 6, 2012 entitled “The Role of e-Mediation in Resolving ESI Disputes in Federal Court.” The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania was the first District to create an E-Discovery Special Master Panel

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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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Ever wondered how technology is changing the discovery process? This weekend, I stumbled upon an article written by Peter S. Vogel about the impact of electronically stored information (“ESI”) on litigation and arbitration. Here is an excerpt: In 2006, the federal rules of civil procedure (and since then, many state rules as well) were changed to specifically deal with ESI. If you have been reading any reports of trials, you will know

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