A helpful reader (intellectual property and business litigation attorney Joanna Mendoza), pointed me to Federal Circuit Chief Judge Randall R. Rader's remarks regarding the problem of excessive e-discovery in patent cases and the Circuit's Advisory Council Model Order on E-Discovery from a Fed. Cir. Bar Association circulation. I'm re-posting it below as it appears to me to be applicable more generally to complex litigation and may be helpful to EDCA civil litigation attorneys and other interested readers:
On September 27, 2011, at the Eastern District of Texas Bench and Bar, Chief Judge Randall R. Rader highlighted areas deserving of attention to improve patent litigation. A pdf of this can be found here. Chief Judge Rader cited six important areas of focus for both Bench and Bar consideration and improvement, including the problem of excess e-discovery. In coordination with the Chief Judge's remarks, the Circuit's Advisory Council publicly released a proposed "Model Order on E-Discovery in Patent Cases" found here.
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