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GETTING TRAINED AS A SPECIAL MASTER AND MENTORED IN THE PROFESSION
By Merril Hirsh, FCIArb - February 11, 2022
In a December 7, 2021 guest post, I reported that the Academy of Court-Appointed Masters (ACAM) had opened up its membership to people who have never previously served as special masters and was working on a training and mentoring program. OK, so here’s the sequel.
Special Masters: How to Make the Best of Both Worlds, Part II
By Merril Hirsh, James M. Rhodes & Karl Bayer - November 20, 2014
OK, so in Part One we all agreed that we need to give people a better choice than the one between a system of civil litigation that does a great job of permitting appeals, but is perceived to be, or is, too cumbersome or expensive to resolve disputes; and a system of arbitration that, one hopes, is cheaper, but does not permit, at least the judicial appeal that parties might wish to have available if the arbitrator gets it “wrong.”
Special Masters: How to Make the Best of Both Worlds, Part I
By Merril Hirsh, James M. Rhodes & Karl Bayer - November 12, 2014
An article in the Spring 2014 issue of the ABA’s Dispute Resolution reports on the sad results of a 2011 Fortune 1000 ADR survey. The survey updated a 1997 study. The bottom line: in 1997, Fortune 1000 companies, tired of the expense and inefficiency of litigation, were overwhelmingly interested in using arbitration. In 2011, Fortune 1000 companies, tired of the expense and inefficiency of arbitration, were really more interested in mediation.
GUEST-POST | The Role of e-Mediation in Resolving ESI Disputes in Federal Court | Interview with Allison Skinner
By Victoria VanBuren - October 29, 2012
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
Special Master Appointed to Conduct Global Mediation in Bankruptcy Case
By Beth Graham - November 2, 2010
A special master was recently appointed by the Northern District of Texas in NetSphere v. Baron (In re Ondova Ltd. Co.), No. 3-09CV988-RF. The underlying Chapter 11 bankruptcy case involves numerous parties, offshore entities and several related lawsuits. After the bankruptcy court held four status conferences related to the parties’ global settlement agreement (GSA), approved by the bankruptcy court on July 28, 2010, the bankruptcy judge made a
Supreme Court Issues Orders on Special Master Interim Report
By Beth Graham - October 19, 2010
On October 12, 2010, the United States Supreme Court issued orders in Montana v. Wyoming (No. 137, Original). The original jurisdiction water rights case was filed before the Court in early 2007 and subsequently transferred to a Special Master prior to the Court’s review. The October 12th orders resulted from Montana’s objections to an interim report issued by the Special Master in February. First, the Court ordered oral argument regarding whethe
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
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
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