Robert S. Berezin

Discovery

Robert S. Berezin | Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Editor: Tell us about your legal practice and your involvement in matters relating to Big Data. Berezin: I’m a member of Weil’s Complex Commercial and Patent Litigation groups and am based in Weil’s New York office. My practice focuses on litigation related to technology, as...

Intellectual Property

Robert S. Berezin, Lucy E. Muzzy | Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

When a former employee/inventor of one company joins the competition to launch a new product line, patent litigation typically ensues. The plaintiff often alleges that its former employee turned competitor has infringed the same patents that name him or her as an inventor. In the usual patent...

Robert S. Berezin, Carmen E. Bremer | Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Introduction Litigants can meaningfully reduce the costs and risks associated with e-discovery in federal court by properly utilizing Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(f). Shortly after litigation ensues, Rule 26(f) requires the parties to meet and confer in advance of the first case...