Utility, Energy and Regulatory Law ALERT - July 10, 2008 FERC Focused on Compliance; Convenes Workshop July 10, 2008 Employment and Labor Law ALERT - July 2, 2008 State Legislative Update 2008 July 02, 2008 Utility, Energy and Regulatory Law ALERT - June 20, 2008 FERC Proposes to Relax Rules Regarding Pipeline Capacity Releases June 20, 2008 Employment and Labor Law ALERT - June 6, 2008 Minnesota Supreme Court Clarifies Standard for Sexual Harassment Claims Against Supervisors June 06, 2008 Securities and Financial Services Litigation ALERT - May 21, 2008 The Second Circuit Issues Decision of First Impression Interpreting the Class Action Fairness Act's Securities Law Carve-Out May 21, 2008 Utility, Energy and Regulatory Law Alert - April 2008 FERC Affirms, Clarifies New Market-Based Rate Policy April 21, 2008 Government Relations and Lobbying update - April 2008 April 01, 2008 Government Relations and Lobbying UPDATE March 24, 2008 Government Relations and Lobbying ALERT - February 2008 February 29, 2008 Government Relations and Lobbying ALERT - February 2008 February 25, 2008 Government Relations and Lobbying ALERT - February 2008 February 11, 2008 Government Relations and Lobbying UPDATE - February 2008 February 01, 2008 Employment and Labor ALERT - January 2008 New Law Provides Additional FMLA Leave for Military Families January 30, 2008 Government Relations and Lobbying UPDATE Energy Issues Heating Up in Preparation of Session January 25, 2008 SciTech Litigation ALERT - January 2008 January 21, 2008 Government Relations and Lobbying ALERT - January 2008 January 21, 2008 DFL pulls off surprise special election victory: Minnesota Senate now veto-proof January 04, 2008 Employment and Labor Law ALERT - January 2008 National Labor Relations Board holds that employees have no automatic right to use employer's e-mail system for Section 7 communications January 02, 2008 Employment and Labor Law ALERT - December 2007 Year-End Reminders: New Hire Notice of Personnel Record Review Rights and New I-9 Form December 21, 2007 Bankruptcy Law ALERT - December 2007 'Deepening insolvency' not a recognized theory of damages in Minnesota December 03, 2007 Environmental Law ALERT - November 2007 New Anti-Terrorism Regulations Require Companies To Report Chemicals Used, Stored, Distributed November 27, 2007 Utility, Energy and Regulatory Law ALERT - November 2007 FERC Proposes to Relax Rules Regarding Pipeline Capacity Releases November 20, 2007 Employment and Labor Law ALERT - November 2007 Important Ruling for Minnesota Employers: Minnesota Law Does Not Provide Absolute Right to Payment of Accrued Vacation at Termination November 16, 2007 Employment and Labor Law ALERT - November 2007 New Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, Issued November 14, 2007 Intellectual Property ALERT - October 2007 The Federal Circuit Raises the Bar for Proving Willful Infringement October 08, 2007 Utility, Energy and Regulatory Law ALERT Southwest Power Pool Members Seek FERC Approval to End QF Mandatory Purchase Obligation October 02, 2007 Government Relations and Lobbying ALERT - September 2007 September 27, 2007 Banking & Lending ALERT - September 2007 September 20, 2007 Employment and Labor Law ALERT - February 2007 Employers Urged to Review Employee Severance Agreements in Light of Three Recent Developments September 05, 2007 Tax Alert - August 2007 August 20, 2007 Government Relations and Lobbying ALERT - August 2007 August 07, 2007 Employment and Labor Law ALERT - July 2007 Reminder: Minimum Wage Increase and Notice and New EEO-1 Form July 25, 2007 Antitrust ALERT U.S. Supreme Court Overrules Longstanding Per Se Prohibition on Minimum Resale Price Maintenance. July 02, 2007 Utility, Energy and Regulatory Law ALERT FERC Revamps Market-Based Rate Program and Seeks Comments on Reforms to Strengthen Organized, Wholesale Power Markets June 25, 2007 Bankruptcy Law ALERT - June 2007 Delaware Supreme Court Renders Landmark Decision Resolving Issue of Whether Creditors Can Sue Directors for Breach of Fiduciary Duty When the Corporation Is Insolvent or in the Zone of Insolvency June 08, 2007 Construction Law ALERT Best-Value Contracting Comes to Construction May 31, 2007 Utility, Energy and Regulatory Law ALERT - May 2007 May 22, 2007 Intellectual Property/Information Technology ALERT May 18, 2007 Government Relations and Lobbying UPDATE Veto Session May 07, 2007 Transportation Law ALERT April 20, 2007 Environmental Law ALERT Near-Term Effects Possible From Supreme Court's Global Warming Decision April 13, 2007 Utility, Energy and Regulatory Law ALERT April 13, 2007 Utility, Energy and Regulatory Law ALERT FERC Proposes to Eliminate Reliability Exemption for Most QFs; Continues Erosion of Special Treatment for QFs March 21, 2007 Environmental Law ALERT Fast-Growing Ethanol Industry at Risk of Government Scrutiny for Possible "Sham" Permits February 20, 2007 Utility, Energy and Regulatory Law ALERT February 13, 2007 Utility, Energy and Regulatory Law ALERT FERC Imposes Largest Penalties Ever: Says Cooperation, Compliance Programs and Self-Reporting Will Be Important in Determining Penalty Amounts in the Future January 22, 2007 Business and Commercial Litigation ALERT - December 2006 New Electronic Discovery Rules Take Effect: Are You Ready? December 21, 2006 Utility, Energy and Regulatory Law Alert - December 12, 2006 FERC Sets Technical Conference to Improve the Work of Market Monitors That Investigate Market Participants' Actions December 12, 2006 Utility, Energy and Regulatory Alert - November 2006 FERC Reaffirms New England's Planned Forward Capacity Market; Proposed Tariff Accepted December 12, 2006 Utility, Energy and Regulatory Law ALERT - October 2006 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Initiates Broad Inquiry Into Natural Gas-Electric Generation Coordination in RTO/ISO Markets and Announces Likely End of QF Mandatory Purchase Requirement in Certain Markets October 31, 2006 Intellectual Property / Information Technology Alert - October 2006 Trademark Dilution Revision Act of 2006 Becomes Law October 13, 2006 Utility, Energy and Regulatory Law Alert - September 2006 FERC Issues Significant Rulings Impacting Institutional Investors in Electric Utilities September 28, 2006 Employment and Labor Law Alert - August 2006 Recent Developments for Minnesota Employers: New Leave Requirements for Military Families and Court of Appeals' Decision Regarding Payment of Accrued Vacation Upon Discharge August 29, 2006 Securities and Compensation & Employee Benefits Alert - August 2006 SEC Adopts New Executive Compensation Disclosure Rules August 14, 2006 Utility, Energy and Regulatory Law Alert - July 2006 Federal Court Affirms FERC's Authority Over Regional Transmission Organizations July 13, 2006 Utility, Energy and Regulatory Law Alert - March 2006 New EPA Regulations Will Ease Air Permitting Requirements for Fuel Ethanol Facilities March 02, 2006 Employment and Labor Law Alert - February 2006 OFCCP Regulations On "Internet Applicants" Now Effective; New EEO-1 Reporting Categories for 2007 February 22, 2006 Utility, Energy and Regulatory Law Alert - January 2006 FERC Imposes Tough New Market Manipulation And Fraud Prohibitions; Proposes Eliminating PURPA Mandatory Purchase Obligation January 25, 2006 Compensation and Employee Benefits Alert - January 2006 Internal Revenue Code 2006 Retirement Plan Limits January 12, 2006 Utility, Energy and Regulatory Law Alert - January 2006 FERC Establishes No-Action Letter Process January 05, 2006 Employment and Labor Law Alert - December 2005 Minnesota Limits Use Of Project Labor Agreements On State-Funded Construction Projects December 14, 2005 Employment and Labor Law Alert - November 2005 The following two decisions recently issued by the U.S. Supreme Court and the Minnesota Court of Appeals are of interest because of their impact upon employee compensation. November 15, 2005 Compensation and Benefits Alert - October 2005 IRS Releases Proposed Regulations Governing Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Arrangements -- Certain Deadlines Extended October 17, 2005 Utility, Energy and Regulatory Law Alert - September 2005 FERC Proposes to Revise Open Access Electric Utility Transmission Rules October 05, 2005 Utility, Energy and Regulatory Law Alert - September 2005 New Rules Will Govern Utility Holding Companies: FERC Implements the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005 October 05, 2005 Employment and Labor Law Alert - July 2005 Minnesota's minimum wage rates increase effective August 1, 2005 August 01, 2005 Utility, Energy and Regulatory Law Alert - June 2005 FERC Issues Order No. 652-A June 23, 2005 Employment and Labor Law Alert - April 2005 The United States Supreme Court's recent decision in Smith v. City of Jackson garnered a great deal of local and national publicity. April 25, 2005 Education Law Alert - April 2005 Supreme Court Recognizes Title IX Retaliation Claim April 08, 2005 Employment and Labor Law Alert - March 2005 Employers Must Post Notice of Employees' Rights Under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act ("USERRA"). March 15, 2005 Utility, Energy and Regulatory Law Alert - January 2005 FERC Provides Warning: Persons Who Fail to Seek Prior Authorization to Hold Interlocking Directorates May Be Found in Violation of the Federal Power Act. January 11, 2005 Securities and Mergers & Acquisitions Alert - July 2004 SEC Publishes Proposed Rules That Would Require Many Hedge Fund Advisers to Register as Investment Advisers July 01, 2004 Utility, Energy and Regulatory Law Alert - March 2005 On March 22, 2005, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued an Order accepting a proposal by the Entergy Operating Companies (Entergy) to establish an independent coordinator of transmission (ICT) to administer Entergy's transmission system in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. Docket No. EL05-52-000, 110 FERC ¶ 61,295. March 30, 2005 Job Opportunity Building Zones - Tax Incentives Lend a Hand to Economically Depressed Areas of Greater Minnesota Although the State of Minnesota has consistently ranked high in economic vitality among its sister states, due in part to the business boom in the Twin Cities, there remains a need to spark business growth outside of the metro area. The enactment in 2003 of Job Opportunity Building Zone legislation (“JOBZ”) in Minnesota hopes to answer the call. May 17, 2004