Sadly, I must report about the latest so-called merger of online publishers. I just received a letter from Stephan Yao, CEO or Thomas Reuters Legal, China and Gordon Wong, Business Director of iSinolaw. According to this letter, the two companies…
Posts Tagged ‘legal’
More TR Legal Layoffs?
18
Nov
According to an unnamed source, Thomson Reuters Legal may announce another wave of layoffs soon, perhaps even as early as today. The layoffs may affect customer service operations. As of yesterday evening the local press had no reports about this…
Opening: Editor for AALL’s Price Index for Legal Publications
14
Nov
From the Nov. 9, 2011 announcement posted on AALL. The deadline for applying is Dec. 5, 2011. Job Description: The American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) seeks an Editor for its annual publication, Price Index for Legal Publications (PILP). The…
The Clinical Legal Association is Soliciting Contributions for Follow-up Book to Best Practices in Legal Education
10
Nov
The Clinical Legal Association, Best Practices Implementation Committee is planning a follow-up publication to Best Practices for Legal Education by Roy Stuckey and others. The vision of the book is to build on ideas for implementing best practices, and to…
TR Legal’s Format Switcheroos: From Loose-leaf Sets to Pamphlet Editions to Bringing ProView eBooks to Market
09
Nov
Shaun Esposito, CRIV Chair, 2011-2012 and Head of Public Services at the University of Arizona College of Law Library, asked about the format change TR Legal has been executing from loose-leaf to pamphlet editions because “Several AALL members have asked…
Free Printable Legal Forms to Child Support Lawyers
06
Nov
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Fighting for Open Access in Academic Legal Publishing
28
Oct
During this year’s Open Access Week, CALI Director of Content Development Sarah Glassmeyer published the first post-launch announcement feature on the new CALI Spotlight blog. In Why We Fight, Sarah writes: I feel like OA doesn’t get as much traction…
Some Thoughts on Thomson’s Acquisition of West Being Honored as Worst Legal Publishing Merger
24
Oct
Reporting on the findings of Dewey B Strategic’s self-admitted unscientific poll on best and worst legal publishing industry mergers, Jean O’Grady writes: According to the Legal Information Buyers Guide and Reference Manual, between 1995 (the year before the Thomson acquisition)…
More Corporate Legal Departments Just Saying "No:" Is billing newbie attorneys at paralegal rates the answer?
19
Oct
More than 20% of the 366 in-house legal departments that responded to a recent survey conducts by Association of Corporate Counsel for the WSJ reported that they are refusing to pay for work performed by first- or second-year assocates. The…
CALI Call for Proposals to Create State Specific Legal Research Lessons
19
Oct
From the announcement: The Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI) is on a mission get a state specific legal research lesson covering primary and secondary materials for each of the 50 states. We’re close, but we still need at least…
