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Check out this Alert from our Partner Haynes and Boone, LLP:

Employers’ Eye on the Court: The U.S. Supreme Court Will Decide a Host of Employment-Related Cases During Its Current Term

The U.S. Supreme Court began its new 2010-2011 term on October 4, 2010 with a number of employment-related cases on the docket, many of which have already been orally argued, that could potentially impact employers concerning such matters as arbitration, retaliation, immigration, and employee benefits. To read the full alert, please visit the Publications section of our website.

Support The Women’s Museum: An Institute for the Future by purchasing a raffle ticket to win a 2011 Cadillac CTS Sedan!  Tickets are $100 each and the Museum is selling a maximum of 1,000 tickets. The winning ticket will be drawn on Saturday, November 13, at the Museum’s 10 Year Anniversary Gala. You need not be present to win.

Click www.thewomensmuseum.org/raffle to purchase your ticket now.

For more information about the Women’s Museum, visit www.thewomensmuseum.org.

This raffle made possible by a generous donation from General Motors.

Thank you for your support,

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The Women’s Museum: An Institute for the Future and Leadership America

(214) 915-0871 (direct line) Haley Curry Raffle Director

Healthcare: Policy, Trends & Opportunities

A Regional Conference Series Hosted by Women Impacting Public Policy, The National Association for the Self-Employed & Sponsored by Pfizer

An in-depth look at the new healthcare law, trends and opportunities for business and innovation in the healthcare sector.

Date: November 15, 2010

Time: 8:00am – 12:00pm

With: The AT&T WIPP Innovator of the Year Award for Dallas/Fort Worth, TX

Place: Grand Hyatt DFW

2337 S. International Parkway

DFW Airport, TX 75261

Cost: $0

For questions, please contact Megan Minich at  or (202) 626 – 8528.

Important alert from our partner, Haynes and Boone, LLP:

As part of the ongoing rulemaking initiatives contemplated by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act the Securities and Exchange Commission recently released a proposed rule defining “family offices” for purposes of an exemption from registration under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. To read the full alert, please visit the Publications section of our website.

Part 4 of 4 – Thinking of selling your business? Read this alert from our partner Haynes and Boone, LLC:

This is the fourth client alert in a series of four alerts generally describing (i) the tax changes that will occur on January 1, 2011 and in later tax years as a result of the recently enacted health care legislation, (ii) some of the steps a business owner should consider taking in order to prepare his or her business for sale, (iii) the sale process, and (iv) several key factors to consider in this process in an effort to maximize the after tax benefits to the owners and to help ensure a smooth sales process. To read the full alert, please visit the Publications section of our website.

Part 3 of 4 – Thinking of selling your business? Read this alert from our partner Haynes and Boone, LLC:

This is the third client alert in a series of four alerts generally describing (i) the tax changes that will occur on January 1, 2011 and in later tax years as a result of the recently enacted federal legislation,(ii) some of the steps a business owner should take in order to prepare his or her business for sale,(iii) the sale process, and (iv) several key factors to consider to maximize the net after-tax benefits to the owners and to help ensure a smooth sales process. To read the full alert, please visit the Publications section of our website.

Danika Mendrygal, Susan Wetzel, Wanda Brice, Jeanne Braniff Baker

Susan Wetzel, Partner, Haynes and Boone; Jeanne Braniff Baker, NAWBO DFW Public Policy Director; Wanda Brice, CEO Women’s Museum

Purvi Patel, Partner, Haynes and Boone

Terri Maxwell, Suceed on Purpose (speaker for September)

Billie Day, Immediate Past President; Billie Bryant, former Board Member

 

Billie Bryant, Cindy Irvin, Cindy Quandt-Guerra, Sherry Green, Hana Laurenzo

Schnell Blanton, President of Imperial Beverage Group, and Jeanne Braniff Baker, Public Policy Director

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Darla Beggs, Corporate Partner Director; Billie Day, Immediate Past President; Crystal Arredondo, President

Laura Armbruster, Social Media Director; Crystal Arredondo, President; Sherry Green, Wise Council Director; Jeanne Braniff Baker, Public Policy Director

Sherry Green, Wise Council Director; Jeanne Braniff Baker, Public Policy Director

Lyndel Mason, Dallas Council Chair; Darla Beggs, Corporate Partner Director; Billie Day, Immediate Past President

Photographs by C Quandt-Guerra