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Grant Money Doesn't Come Free: How to Keep Your Company Out of Trouble When Using Federal Funds
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has already begun to pump billions of dollars into federal grant programs that run the gamut from education to the environment to infrastructure improvement. This unprecedented influx of capital has attracted both long-standing recipients of federal grants ' such as state and local government, colleges and universities, and non-profit organizations ' as well as many newcomers to the federal grant process, including private, for-profit companies.
For example, the Recovery Act appropriates literally billions of dollars for the development of green technologies, including $2 billion for advanced battery projects, $6.7 billion for energy efficiency programs, and $93 million for wind energy projects with an emphasis on research and development. Many of these funds are available on a competitive basis to for-profit companies as well as those long-standing recipients noted above. And that's just the funding available from the Department of Energy. Many other federal agencies also received billions of dollars in Recovery Act funds that will, in turn, be spent through federal grant awards. For instance, the Department of Defense has allocated $300 million for near-term energy-efficiency research and demonstration projects. Additionally, some of the funding allocated to the National Science Foundation will undoubtedly be available for clean-energy research and development (potential applicants can locate programs of interest on a federal Web site, www.grants.gov).
Why So Many Great Lawyers Stink at Business Development and What Law Firms Are Doing About It
Why is it that those who are best skilled at advocating for others are ill-equipped at advocating for their own skills and what to do about it?
Bankruptcy Sales: Finding a Diamond In the Rough
There is no efficient market for the sale of bankruptcy assets. Inefficient markets yield a transactional drag, potentially dampening the ability of debtors and trustees to maximize value for creditors. This article identifies ways in which investors may more easily discover bankruptcy asset sales.
The DOJ's Corporate Enforcement Policy: One Year Later
The DOJ's Criminal Division issued three declinations since the issuance of the revised CEP a year ago. Review of these cases gives insight into DOJ's implementation of the new policy in practice.
A Lawyer's System for Active Reading
Active reading comprises many daily tasks lawyers engage in, including highlighting, annotating, note taking, comparing and searching texts. It demands more than flipping or turning pages.
Protecting Innovation in the Cyber World from Patent Trolls
With trillions of dollars to keep watch over, the last thing we need is the distraction of costly litigation brought on by patent assertion entities (PAEs or "patent trolls"), companies that don't make any products but instead seek royalties by asserting their patents against those who do make products.