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How to Handle a Software Audit
Your company receives a certified letter accusing it of violating federal copyright law by installing and using computer software without authorization. An exhibit to the letter lists 10 computer programs allegedly misused. The lawyer who wrote the letter is demanding a software audit. What's an in-house counsel to do?Pass/Fail: Bar Groups Release Austin Law Firm Diversity Report Card
Diversity remains an elusive goal for some Austin firms. Five of the 20 largest Austin firms received failing grades on the "2011 Austin Law Firm Diversity Report Card" issued recently by three minority lawyer groups. "This is just a way to hold firms accountable," says Alex S. Valdes of Winstead.Things may be looking up for victims of convicted Ponzi artist R. Allen Stanford. On Wednesday court-appointed Stanford receiver Ralph Janvey and his lawyers at Baker Botts agreed to make nice with the folks liquidating the fraudster's Antiguan bank, with both sides vowing to work together to recover assets for investors.
Analyzing Renewable Energy Projects for Investment
Renewable energy projects differ from traditional power generation facilities, writes Becky H. Diffen. Wind farms, for example, can be spread over thousands of acres of land and across multiple county and local jurisdictions, and most renewable projects are dependent on federal and local incentive programs.Who Defends Corporate America, 2001
Each year since 1988, The National Law Journalhas surveyed the law departments of the nation's largest corporations to track the rise and fall of in-house attorneys and to determine who represents corporate America. In this year's survey of 250 companies, New York's Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom once again nabs the top spot among law firms defending corporate America, but by a considerably slimmer margin than in years past.BigTex Roots: Some Large Firms See the Lone Star State as a Hot Hub For Economic Growth
Fewer than half the lawyers at the 25 largest firms in the Lone Star State actually work in Texas offices. And only five of those 25 firms are 100 percent Texas-based, meaning all their lawyers work in Texas offices. Jackson Walker, with offices in six Texas cities — Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, San Angelo and San Antonio — is the largest of the Texas-only firms.Associates: Eminent Clerks Return Swiss Gold
American associates who serve as judicial clerks on the Claims Resolution Tribunal for Dormant Accounts in Switzerland help Jews recover money locked up in Swiss banks.Creating a Culture of Compliance
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