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Sun, Jul 27

1:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Registration

3:30 pm - 5:30 pm

Hot Topics in Legal Ethics: Attorney Advertising and Third-Party Litigation Funding

5:30 pm - 6:00 pm

FMCSA Speaker

Speaker: Jesse Elison

6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Opening Reception

Mon, Jul 28

7:00 am - 8:00 am

Breakfast

7:30 am - 3:00 pm

Registration

8:00 am - 8:15 am

Welcome

8:15 am - 9:15 am

IC Update: An Annual Update of Recent Developments involving Independent Contractors

Speaker: Gregory Feary, Speaker: Kelli Block, Speaker: Prasad Sharma, Speaker: Shannon Cohen, Speaker: Braden Core

9:15 am - 10:15 am

Clean Air, Don’t Despair: Breezing Through Emissions Compliance Challenges!

Speaker: Marc Blubaugh, Speaker: Jonathan R. Todd, Speaker: Reed Sirak

10:15 am - 10:30 am

Coffee Break

10:30 am - 11:30 am

A Ransomware Tale

Speaker: Scott Carey, Speaker: Justin Daniels, Speaker: Derek Booth, Speaker: Jodi Daniels

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Lunch

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Louisiana Fraud: Analysis and the Future

Speaker: Andrea Albert, Speaker: Louis Bonnaffons , Speaker: James Dill

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Governance Done Well

Speaker: Doug Grawe, Speaker: Lacey Breeden, Speaker: Michael McDonough

3:00 pm - 3:15 pm

Coffee Break

3:15 pm - 4:15 pm

Dissecting A Win

Speaker: Cedar Abadie, Speaker: Mark S. Barrow, Speaker: Rachel York Colangelo

5:30 pm

Optional Activity (Food Tour)

Tue, Jul 29

7:00 am - 8:00 am

Breakfast

7:30 am - 5:00 pm

Registration

8:00 am - 8:15 am

Welcome

8:15 am - 9:15 am

Proximate Cause, The Land of Lost Opportunity

Speaker: John Campbell, Speaker: Mark Barber, Speaker: Tom O'Toole

9:15 am - 10:15 am

Texas Trucking Litigation: Managing the Mayhem

Speaker: D'Lesli Davis, Speaker: Brett J. Young, Speaker: Madison Lynn Gaona

10:15 am - 10:30 am

Coffee Break

10:30 am - 11:30 am

Back to the Futures: Next Level Phantom Damages and How Legislatures, Courts and Litigants Can Address Them

Speaker: Lee Mickus

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Lunch

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

The Wisdom of Crowds: The Need for Collaboration and Data Aggregation by Defendants

Speaker: Johnny Friedman, Speaker: Shane O'Neill, Speaker: Jill Termini

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Federal Preemption and the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act

Speaker: Beata Shapiro, Speaker: Stephanie Lewis, Speaker: Megan Johnson

3:00 pm - 3:15 pm

Coffee Break

3:15 pm - 4:15 pm

A World After Chevron

Speaker: Kenneth D. Sansom

5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Closing Reception