GUEST-POST | 210 Billion Emails Sent Each Day –It’s Time to Use eMediation or...
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...
View ArticleFree Podcast | How To Work With E-Mediation and Special Masters in...
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...
View ArticleReminder | State Bar of Texas CLE Webcast on February 16: “When to Use...
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...
View ArticleABA Section of Intellectual Property | Complex Patent Suits: The Use of...
The following is an excerpt from “Complex Patent Suits: The Use of Special Masters for Claim Construction” by Neil A. Smith published at Landslide by the ABA Section of Intellectual Property Law. When...
View ArticleGUEST-POST | eDiscovery Update: Special Masters and eMediation
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...
View ArticleThe First Court of Appeals of Texas Limits Scope of Special Master Authority...
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...
View ArticleSupreme Court Issues Orders on Special Master Interim Report
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...
View ArticleSpecial Master Appointed to Conduct Global Mediation in Bankruptcy Case
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...
View ArticleGUEST BLOG: Current Issues in eDiscovery & ADR
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....
View ArticleNational Law Journal | Patent Office Floats Idea of Small-claims Process |...
Lawyers and intellectual property groups are generally bullish on the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s idea for a small-claims process for patent disputes. With little fanfare, the PTO published a...
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