UPDATE: 6:55 PM. Neil MacBride was a registered lobbyist for the Business Software Alliance at the end of 2007. The Senate Office of Public Records still lists him as an active lobbyist, though he wasn't listed on lobbying documents in 2008. (Winter Casey)

Business Software Alliance General Counsel Neil MacBride will be moving into one of the top positions at the Justice Department in the Obama administration, CongressDaily's Tech Daily Dose blog reports. MacBride has been named associate deputy attorney general, according to the trade group. In his new position, MacBride -- who has been BSA's vice president of anti-piracy and general counsel -- will serve on the senior leadership team of Attorney General-designee Eric Holder and will help manage the agency's 115,000 employees and $22 billion budget.