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?????? I thought our folks had a pretty clear understanding of their
respective jurisdiction and expertise. Apparently not. Lets talk about the specifics of this incident when I get back to the office. Actually, I'll see you tomorrow Lou and maybe we can dial Dot in. Thanks. DF Louis Soldano 02/01/2000 09:40 AM Sent by: Jan Cobden To: Drew Fossum/ET&S/Enron@ENRON, Dorothy McCoppin/FGT/Enron@ENRON cc: Subject: Delineation of Responsibilities Drew and Dot, It appears that one of our commercial/regulatory lawyers signed off on a right-of-way agreement that they simply should not have, and in my opinion is outside their area of expertise and practice. I am going to follow up with the individual on this and it also appears that they were at least in part, a victim of a calculated "snow-job" by our brethern over at Enron Northern America as well as a misunderstanding of the marketing affilate rule. Along these lines, I am concerned that some of our folks in an effort to be responsive to our clients may feel that they have to provide advice in areas where they should be seeking the advice of those who practice in that area on a routine basis. I think it would be helpful for the three of us to establish guidelines for our folks on when we would expect them to seek guidance from others who practice in certain primary areas of responsibility. For example, if an environmental question comes up, I would expect any lawyer in our group to talk to Mr. Reich or myself. If an issue arose with respect to Northern's tariff, one would expect that the lawyer would speak to Maria, Drew or Dari. Let me know what you think and we will go from there. Lou
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