Eastern District of Texas Issues Model Order for Patent E-Discovery The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, where Chief Judge Randall Rader of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit unveiled the Federal Circuit's model e-discovery order (see the *LTN*article "The Elephant in the Patent Courtroom<http://www.law.com/jsp/lawtechnologynews/PubArticleLTN.jsp?id=1202533291364>"), has developed its own Model Order Regarding E-Discovery in Patent Cases<http://pdfserver.amlaw.com/legaltechnology/Model_E-Discovery_Patent_Order_w_Commentary.pdf>. The model order is part of the district's proposed local rule amendment GO-12-06, which has been approved by the judges of the district, subject to public comment. The deadline for public comment on the amendments is March 23, 2012. According to the Eastern District website, the local rule amendments, including the model e-discovery order, are effective immediately. http://bit.ly/xzux0H Source: http://www.law.com/jsp/lawtechnologynews/PubArticleLTN.jsp?id=1202544458705&Eastern_District_of_Texas_Issues_Model_Order_for_Patent_EDiscovery=&et=editorial&bu=LTN&cn=LTN_20120306&src=EMC-Email&pt=LawTechnology News&kw=Eastern District of Texas Issues Model Order for Patent E-Discovery See if people are clicking on this link: http://bit.ly/xzux0H+ Try the bitly.com sidebar to see who is talking about a page on the web: http://bitly.com/pages/sidebar List archives at http://lists.ufl.edu/archives/recmgmt-l.html Contact [log in to unmask] for assistance To unsubscribe from this list, click the below link. If not already present, place UNSUBSCRIBE RECMGMT-L or UNSUB RECMGMT-L in the body of the message. mailto:[log in to unmask]