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Baker Botts is proud to be sponsoring IP Counsel Café's New York Fall Meeting on November 6, 2024! Partner Julie Albert will be speaking during a session on “Protecting Data, Confidential Information, and Trade Secrets in an AI World.” Learn more: https://okt.to/Eu7G1j

Congratulations to partners Paul Ragusa and Bart Showalter who were named to IAM's 2025 list of "Global Leaders!" Learn more: https://okt.to/xBLMoq

We are proud to be sponsoring the Institute for Law and Technology's 62nd Annual Conference on Intellectual Property Law on November 7-8, 2024 in Plano, TX! Partner Christa Brown-Sanford will be speaking during the Women in IP Breakfast on a panel titled “The Juggle is Real: Perspectives on How to Keep Most of the Balls in the Air While Staying Sane Most of the Time.” Additionally, partner Matthew Avery will be moderating a panel on “The Impact of Prosecution Length on Patent Litigation Outcomes” that will include partner Clarke Stavinoha. Learn more: https://okt.to/TGEPvO

Even though the Texas Business Court is now open and beginning to receive the complex commercial cases it was designed to resolve, questions still linger about whether the new court is consistent with the Texas Constitution. Baker Botts partner Thomas R. Phillips and associate Matthew Hilderbrand share their thoughts: https://okt.to/V8DFW9

Baker Botts is proud to be participating in UT Law CLE’s 29th Annual Advanced Patent Law Institute on November 6-7 in Austin, TX! Partner Tommy Martin will be speaking during a session on the “Increasing Popularity of ‘Schedule A’ Litigations." Partners Christa Brown-Sanford and Jose C Villarreal are members of the Planning Committee for the event that will cover the latest developments in patent law and feature a sophisticated array of prosecution and litigation topics. Learn more: https://okt.to/QfrFuB

Last week, we held a reception for Army Emergency Relief (AER), the official nonprofit of the US Army, at our Washington, D.C. office. Baker Botts, and our Defense Tech practice, is proud to support and highlight AER’s mission to provide grants, interest- free loans and scholarships to promote readiness and help relieve financial distress of Soldiers and their families. We were honored to have General James J. Mingus, Vice Chief of Staff of the Army, deliver the opening remarks. Other speakers included Michael Grinston, CEO of Army Emergency Relief and 16th Sergeant Major of the Army, and Baker Botts partner Brendan Dignan. Thank you to Brown Advisory for their generous support as a co-sponsor of this great event.

In the first episode of this three-part series, AI Counsel Code host Margaret Welsh turns the mic over to Baker Botts Austin partner Mark Speegle and Dr. Pablo Rivas, a computer science professor at Baylor University and an expert on large language models, for a discussion on AI’s definition and how it’s used today. 🔊 Listen here: https://okt.to/CZGDv0 #ArtificialIntelligence #Podcast #AICounselCode #AI

In the “LNG and ESG” chapter in Globe Law and Business Ltd’s book “Liquefied Natural Gas: The Law and Business of LNG,” Baker Botts partner Jason Bennett (with partner Michael Harrison) breaks down the complexities of Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions within the #LNG value chain. Jason emphasizes the importance for companies to understand their full emission profile and implement strategies for #decarbonization. From upstream gas production to final combustion, Jason discusses how LNG projects can diligently work towards achieving net-zero GHG emissions. Learn more: https://okt.to/v4MhSa

Baker Botts was proud to sponsor DirectWomen’s Sandra Day O’Connor Board Excellence Award Luncheon on October 18, 2024 in New York City. The annual event honors those who have worked to advance the value of diversity on corporate boards. Through its various programs, DirectWomen develops and positions women attorney leaders for board service. It also serves as a resource for companies seeking qualified women board candidates. Baker Botts attendees included partners Samantha Crispin, Ellen Friedman, Robin Melman, Veronica Relea and Jennifer Tempesta and Catherine Zinn, Chief Client Officer. They were delighted to be joined by Michele Colucci, Esq., Managing Partner and CEO at DigitalDx Ventures, Diane Honda, Chief Administrative Officer at Redis, Shawnte Mitchell, Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel at Genomatica and Kristin Sverchek, Former President & General Counsel at Lyft. Following the luncheon, DirectWomen representatives, including Baker Botts partner Samantha Crispin, rang The Closing Bell® at the New York Stock Exchange to celebrate DirectWomen's 200th board seat – which was acquired earlier this year. #SDOCLuncheon2024

Baker Botts is proud to be sponsoring the 2024 EDTX Bench Bar Conference today in Plano, TX! Partner Kevin Sadler will be speaking during a session titled "Courtroom Cowboys: America’s Trial Team." Learn more: https://okt.to/LxJMSD