[EDITOR'S NOTE: After the global financial crisis, cost-cutting has become the No. 1 priority for corporate legal departments. Part II of a five-part Corporate Counsel series on controlling outside legal costs focuses on measures taken by Microsoft. Click here to read Part I.]
Microsoft Corporation doesn’t take piracy lightly. Last year the software giant filed dozens of lawsuits against counterfeit software makers. And with few exceptions, they were, like most piracy cases, similar and predictable.
