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Our RED

17 Nov 2022 00:00:00 -0800

Overview:

Join Bell Nunnally, PwC and Barnes & Thornburg for “Our RED”! Formerly Latina Leaders, “Our RED” (relate, elevate, develop) is a network that elevates, empowers and fosters networking opportunities for Latinas and allies to develop, promote and advance careers more successfully. This is an inclusive community for professionals to come together to connect, collaborate, grow their network, find mentors and refresh their thoughts.

Date/Location:

Circle Ten Council
8605 Harry Hines Blvd.
Dallas, TX 75235

Thursday, November 17, 2022
5:00-7:00 PM

Event Details:

Our RED event panel is titled, “Be a Change Agent." We will discuss how to be advocates for change, as well as how to transform our personal and professional environments by inspiring and influencing others. This will be followed by a happy hour hosted at the Circle Ten Council, Boy Scouts of America.

Please see the detailed schedule below. The event is being catered by Amor y Queso which is owned by a Latina entrepreneur, Sarah Carlock.

Registration and Networking: 5:00 PM

"Be a Change Agent" Panel Discussion: 5:30 PM

SPEAKERS:

Elizabeth Ramirez-Washka, Deputy General Counsel & Vice President of Diversity & Inclusion, Boy Scouts of America.

Priscilla Lewis, SVP Southwest Mid-Corporate Banker, Santander Bank

Yvonne Skasko, Senior Counsel, Marketing & Advertising, UBER

MODERATOR:

Stacey Guillen, Director Business Development, Enterprise Sales & Strategic Partnerships at Kanarys

Happy Hour: 6:30 PM

To register for the event, please click here.

USMBA Annual Conference - D&I: A Journey and a Destination

27 Oct 2022 00:00:00 -0800

Overview:

Partner Dania Duncan is a panelist for the "D&I: A Journey and a Destination" at the 2022 U.S. Mexico Bar Association Annual Conference.

Date/Location:

Thursday, October 27, 2022
2:30 PM
Monterrey, Mexico

Event Details:

Moderator: Veronique Durand Rettally, Principal at DouFoods, S.A de C.V.
Panelist: Carolina Weigend, Sport Analyst at TUDN
Panelist: Cristina Sanchez Vebber, Partner at Sanchez DeVanny Eseverri, S.C.
Panelist: Dania Duncan, Partner at Bell Nunnally
Panelist: Elaine Plata, Intelligence Director at Grupo Prosol

Astroworld Aftermath: Litigation and Its Impact on the Live Events Industry

26 Oct 2022 00:00:00 -0800

Overview:

Partners Saba Syed and Brent Turman are presenting "Astroworld Aftermath: Litigation and Its Impact on the Live Events Industry" for the Tarrant County Trial Lawyers Association.

Date/Time:

Wednesday, October 26, 2022
12:00 PM

La Puertita at Joe T Garcia’s
2201 N Commerce Street
Fort Worth, TX 76164

Event Details:

Saba and Brent will examine the fatal crowd crush event at Astroworld in November 2021 and the ensuing multidistrict litigation from the defendants' perspective by evaluating plausible defenses, procedural hurdles and the culpability of each party. They will also provide takeaway lessons on proper crowd control and management for the live events industry in a post-pandemic world.

One hour of CLE credit is available.

EEOC Issues New Poster for Placement in Workplaces

26 Oct 2022 00:00:00 -0800

On October 20, 2022, the EEOC issued a "Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination Is Illegal" poster that supersedes a version uploaded on 10/19/22.

The EEOC published this poster to streamline the old one’s format which had been around for 13 years. The law requires that the poster be physically posted in the workplace of covered employers, and the link provides the necessary information for posting for hard copies and digitally.

Bell Nunnally Secures Appellate Win for Major Retailer, Compelling Arbitration for Employment Claim

18 Oct 2022 00:00:00 -0800

Bell Nunnally, led by Partner Beverly A. Whitley, represented a major national retailer and non-subscriber to workers’ compensation in an appeal before the Thirteenth Court of Appeals of Texas at Corpus Christi and Edinburg, stemming from an employee who sought to bring suit for personal injuries. Initially, the 206^th Judicial District Court of Hidalgo County denied the retailer’s motion to compel arbitration because the employing entity (a subsidiary of the retailer) was not named by name in the agreement to arbitrate. Subsequently on appeal, the Thirteenth Court of Appeals reversed the trial court, finding that the employing entity was a third-party beneficiary of the arbitration agreement and that the agreement covered the claims made by the employee.

Bell Nunnally Partner Ray Balestri Named to Highland Park Education Foundation Board

18 Oct 2022 00:00:00 -0800

Bell Nunnally Partner Ray A. Balestri has been named to the board of the Highland Park Education Foundation (HPEF), a group whose mission is to “rally the entire community to raise the critical funds necessary for continuing Highland Park [Independent School District (HPISD)] tradition of exemplary education.” Over the span of the last 38+ years, the group has granted more than $50M to HPISD providing resources including teacher and staff salary support, scholarships for teachers and students, grants for teacher innovation projects and professional development and fundraising and visibility efforts aimed at growing a permanent endowment.

To learn more about the Highland Park Education Foundation (HPEF), please click here.

Bell Nunnally's Heath Cheek and Mason Jones on Bloomberg Law Detail "Why Companies Should Watch Anti-ESG Litigation"

17 Oct 2022 00:00:00 -0800

Bell Nunnally Partner R. Heath Cheek and Associate Mason G. Jones authored the Bloomberg Law article “Why Companies Should Watch Anti-ESG Litigation.” The piece explores a push-pull dynamic between companies implementing Environmental Social Governance (ESG) policies and state legislatures, such as Texas, pushing back on these provisions through so-called “anti-ESG” measures – regulations intended to shield potentially vulnerable industries from negative ESG disinvestment impacts. Cheek and Jones detail how in Texas they litigated one of the first ever disputes to arise out of anti-ESG efforts, explore how anti-ESG regulations work in practice and look at litigation risks a company with an ESG policy may face.

To read the full article, please click here.

Cryptocurrency, NFT's and the Metaverse: Office of the Future?

17 Oct 2022 00:00:00 -0800

Overview:

Partner Karen Hart presented "Cryptocurrency, NFT's and the Metaverse: Office of the Future?" at the National Association of Credit Management (NACM) Southwest All South Credit Conference.

Date/Location:

Tuesday, October 11, 2022
Lone Star Park

Event Details:

Partner Karen Hart discussed cryptocurrency, NFTs and the developing metaverse platforms. She covered the following:

How they came to be, what they are and what they will be used for and how they will change the world.
Will these technologies and platforms change how you do business, how and whether your company will be paid and how your credit department operates?
How will they impact your bottom line?
What will be the risks and rewards of adopting these new, big ideas and embracing change in your business?
Are you ready for the office of future?

35 Years of Making Debtors Pay

17 Oct 2022 00:00:00 -0800

Overview:

Partner Randy Lindley presented "35 Years of Making Debtors Pay" at the National Association of Credit Management (NACM) Southwest All South Credit Conference.

Date/Location:

Monday, October 10, 2022
Lone Star Park

Event Details:

Partner Randy Lindley covered the following:

Post-Judgment Discovery

Asset Searches
Social Media/Internet Searches
Depositions
Financial Record Subpoenas
Subpoenas to Obtain Third-Party

Legal Collection Remedies

Garnishments
Sequestrations
Turnover Actions
Charging Orders
Judgment Liens
Judicial Foreclosure Action

Protecting Your Company's Most Important Assets

03 Oct 2022 00:00:00 -0800

Overview:

Partners Brent Hockaday and Brent Turman presented "Protecting Your Company's Most Important Assets" for TechFW.

Date/Location:

September 20, 2022

Event Details:

The presentation walked through the lens of a “case study” from the hit HBO Show, “Silicon Valley,” and interplayed the challenges the characters face with the real challenges and potential real life pitfalls facing organizations. The presentation addressed how to protect trade secrets, confidential information and other valuable intellectual property, as well as look at restrictive covenants and their effectiveness and limitations to their enforceability.