Barry Shelton

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Barry Shelton

Barry Shelton is a partner in Bracewell & Giuliani LLP's IP litigation group. His practice focuses on patent litigation, jury trials and administrative proceedings before the U.S. ITC in the areas of electrical engineering, computer software, computer networks and semiconductors. He can be reached at barry.shelton@bgllp.com.

• Technology: Breaking down the E-Discovery Model Order

  By Barry Shelton  |  March 9, 2012

  E-discovery has frustrated not only litigants, but courts as well, dismayed that despite the best intentions of the drafters of the 2006 amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, e-discovery costs have spiraled out of control.

• Technology: Facilitating efficient and cost-effective discovery

  By Barry Shelton  |  February 24, 2012

  Discovery costs are often the single greatest expense in litigation, particularly when the total impact, including the opportunity cost of employees identifying discoverable documents instead of performing their jobs, is considered. This column focuses on how to intelligently manage discovery during litigation, building upon the lessons from previous columns.

• Technology: Spoliators and the sanctions they receive

  By Barry Shelton  |  February 10, 2012

  It’s your worst nightmare: the court has just issued a sanctions order in the company’s long-running case against a bitter competitor and not only is your client sanctioned, but you are personally charged with spoliation of evidence.

• Technology: The who, what, where, when and why of crafting litigation hold notices

  By Barry Shelton  |  January 27, 2012

  It’s a virtually inevitable scenario in companies of all sizes and types and in all industries: Your employer has been sued.

• Technology: Refining your corporate data policies

  By Barry Shelton  |  January 13, 2012

  The previous column discussed the many forms and locations of electronically stored information (ESI) within today’s typical enterprise, and the challenges posed by unmanaged, employee-created ESI.

• Technology: Oh, the places your data will go

  By Barry Shelton  |  December 30, 2011

  The major amendment to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure in 2005 included specific rules for the first time governing electronically stored information (ESI).