2013

Bloomberg Law Releases Tax Practice Center: Should CCH and RIA be Worried?

By Jean O'Grady on January 15, 2013

This morning Bloomberg Law will be releasing one of its more significant new practice centers., a Tax Practice Center. With this release Bloomberg is leveraging some of the “crown jewels” which it acquired in the purchase of the Bureau of National Affairs.

Greg McCaffery, Bloomberg Law CEO is quoted in the release: “This is a

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Knowledge Mosiac: What Did LexisNexis Buy and Why DId They Buy It? What Will They Do With It? The Race for Content Continues

By Jean O'Grady on January 10, 2013

My first reaction to the LexisNexis purchase of Knowledge Mosaic was. “but why?” Doesn’t Lexis already have much of the same content as KM in their own mega system, so why buy redundant content? My second reaction was a chill running down my spine as I recalled the last time a mega vendor purchased a small

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An Encounter With an ecoATM: It’s Not Easy Being Green

By Jean O'Grady on January 7, 2013

I was fascinated when I read about the ecoATM several months ago. Brilliant idea — recycling cell phones which are past their prime. But drat! the nearest ecoATM was over 2000 miles away in San Diego. What’s not to like, clean out a junk drawer, hug the planet, walk away with some cash. I loved

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The Race For Content Continues: Thomson Reuters Acquires Practical Law Company

By Jean O'Grady on January 4, 2013

Today Thomson Reuters and Lexis Nexis released almost simultaneous announcements that they were acquiring specialty legal information companies.

TR announced the acquisition of PLC Practical Law Company and Lexis Nexis announced the acquisition of Knowledge Mosaic. Today’s post will focus on the TR/PLC deal.

TR and PLC

PLC is a private company based in the

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