Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.

Fredrikson & Byron, P.A. is a 240-plus attorney law firm based in Minneapolis, with offices in West Des Moines, Iowa, Bismarck, North Dakota, Monterrey, Mexico and Shanghai, China. The firm's primary areas of practice include banking, corporate, employment, energy, franchise, government relations, healthcare, intellectual property, international, litigation, real estate, securities, and tax. We serve a broad range of clients, including multinational corporations, public companies, privately-held businesses, entrepreneurs, government agencies, and family businesses. Fredrikson & Byron's attorneys also work with individuals on estate planning, family law, and immigration matters. We are the exclusive Minnesota law firm member of the World Services Group, a worldwide network of professional service providers. More information about the firm is available at www.fredlaw.com.

Employees' MySpace Posts May Create Employer Liability for Invasion of Privacy
Teresa M. Thompson, Norah Olson Bluvshtein, Jessica Edwards, October 6, 2009
As social networking Web sites like Facebook and MySpace become increasingly pervasive in and around the workplace, employers need to be aware of potential liability for employees' publication of private information on such sites.

The Future of Supervision and Regulation
Karen L. Grandstrand, October 6, 2009
The current economic crisis has caused events that many of us never thought would occur in our lifetimes. We are living in historic times. With that comes questions - questions on who to blame, what went wrong, how can we learn from this, how can we survive this, and what does this mean for the...

Recent Developments in Government Banking Programs
Karen L. Grandstrand, Karla L. Reyerson, June 23, 2009
During the past months, the U.S. government has remained active in announcing new programs designed to assist struggling banks and has also worked to adjust several existing programs related to the financial crisis.