Microsoft Settlement Checks -- UPDATE

UCOP, after consultation with UC's Office of the General Counsel, has
now advised us that the Microsoft Settlement checks recently received
by some UC departments can be deposited for payment. Here is the
message explaining this:

>Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 13:07:58 -0700
>To: uc-tas@uci.edu
>From: Jane Schoenfeld <Jane.schoenfeld@ucop.edu>
>Subject: [uc-tas] Microsoft checks
>
>
>A number of departments at the university have received checks from
>the Microsoft Claims Administrator. When we first heard about this,
>we were concerned that cashing these checks could jeopardize our
>participation in the the suit that Townsend and Townsend is
>expecting to file on behalf of state entities. Consequently, we
>brought it to the attention of the Office of General Counsel (OGC),
>who advised us to hold the checks until they could discuss them with
>Townsend and Townsend. OGC has now spoken with attorneys at
>Townsend and Townsend and provided the following information:
>
>*These checks constitute the settlement for an entirely different
>suit that was filed on the east coast and involved purchases made
>directly to Microsoft by calling an 800 number.
>*The waiver on the back of the checks does not apply to the
>settlement that was just made or the suit that Townsend and Townsend
>is expecting to file on behalf of state entities.
>*It is, therefore, fine to cash the checks.
>
>We're sorry for any inconvenience caused by holding the checks, but
>it was essential to make sure that we were not waiving any of the
>university's rights by cashing them. Thank you for your cooperation.
>
>--Jane
>
>Jane Schoenfeld
>510-987-0683
>jane.schoenfeld@ucop.edu

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Bob Callaway               
Manager, Strategic Vendor Relations
Information Systems and Technology
295 Evans Hall
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-3812
Voice:  (510) 643-8262      
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Email:  callaway@socrates.berkeley.edu
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