Mark your calendars! Peter S. Vogel, trial partner at Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP and contributor of this blog will host “Legal Issues in the Development of the Internet: The Five Big Bang Theory,” a State Bar of Texas Webcast on Wednesday, August 25, 2010 from 12:30-1:30pm CST. TOPICS: Statutes and judicial rulings have impacted the [...]

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Victoria VanBuren on July 28th, 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 [...]

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Peter S. Vogel, trial partner at Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP and contributor of this blog will host “Social Media: eMail, SPAM, Spyware, and Phishing,” a State Bar of Texas Webcast on Wednesday, July 28th  12:30-1:30pm CST. DESCRIPTION: The Internet has transformed communications as evidenced by the current estimate that over 210 billion emails are sent [...]

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Victoria VanBuren on April 23rd, 2010

Need CLE credits? The Houston Bar Association and the Frank Evans Center for Conflict Resolution at South Texas College of Law will host their Annual Conference on ADR on Friday, April 30, 2010. The all-day conference will take place at South Texas College of Law. The program looks very interesting. Peter S. Vogel, trial partner [...]

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Victoria VanBuren on March 18th, 2010

Texas Bar Journal March 2010 | Volume 73, 3 Blogging and social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter have quickly become a part of our daily lives. This month, the Texas Bar Journal examines the role social media is playing in a changing legal landscape. In this issue, you can find ways to effectively utilize [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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. [...]

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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 [...]

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Victoria VanBuren on October 1st, 2009

Peter S. Vogel, trial partner at Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP and contributor to this blog, wrote a interesting article about arbitrating patent infringement licenses. Here is an excerpt: Markman Hearings. In 1996, the US Supreme Court (Markman v. Westview Instruments, Inc., 517 U.S. 370 (1996)) established a procedure by which US District Judges hear evidence [...]

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