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Connecticut DEP Proposes New Stream Flow Regulations Applicable to All Rivers and Streams
Harold M. Blinderman, René Alejandro Ortega, October 26, 2009
On October 13, 2009, the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection ("DEP") published notice of its intent to adopt new regulations setting minimum flow standards for the state's rivers and streams. The Proposed Stream Flow Standards and Regulations ("Proposed Rules")...

Department of Energy Announces Loan Guarantees for Commercial Technology Renewable Energy Generation Projects
Arthur W. Adelberg, Gregory J. Blasi, Michael A. Stosser, Jennifer E. Galiette, October 16, 2009
The Department of Energy issued a funding announcement on October 7, 2009, designed to provide a total of up to $750 million in loan guarantee funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, to support from $4 billion to $8 billion in loans for conventional commercial technology...

Medical Diagnostic Claims Patent-Eligible after Bilski
Richard H. Brown, Jonathan B. Tropp, Lindsay S. Adams, Keith J. McWha, T. David Bomzer, October 14, 2009
In Prometheus Laboratories, Inc., v. Mayo Collaborative Services, 2008-1403 (September 16, 2009), the Federal Circuit, on first impression, held medical diagnostic claims to be patent-eligible subject matter under the "machine or transformation" test first elucidated in In re Bilski, 545...