Not exact matches
«During his
legal career, Sarhan represented clients in diverse transactions including private equity and venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions, and numerous
other transactions involving significant intellectual property assets, including the sale of a well - known US publishing business with considerable copyright assets to a
major European
publisher and the negotiation of a foreign joint venture for a popular online portal.»
If only we'd seen one press release this year or last from any of the
major publishers even vaguely alluding to the fact that they have to work within various strictures and that there is a desire, however minimal, over time to develop a dialogue with China's authorities to talk about
legal issues such as human rights environmental rights issues and a myriad of
other social rights concerns, as well as
other issues in the PRC, from housing law to dealing with the fallout of local government mismanagement after disasters such as the earthquake in Sichuan.
The choice of LexisNexis over
other suitors ensured that there would be balance in the online services provided by the
major legal publishers, ensuring meaningful competition on an ongoing basis in the market for
legal information in Canada.
Apparently the
other major Canadian
legal publishers announced improvements to their products at the recent annual convention of the Canadian Association of Law Libraries, but I did not attend the conference and it was only the Westlaw Canada improvements that have impacted me the most so far.]
A question might be as to whether or not existing
major legal publishers, PLC notwithstanding, have the will to take their own core activities to a next stage or leave it to
others who see more opportunity, http://www.slaw.ca/2012/07/04/the-end-of-
legal-publishing/ I think they may have lost their ability to develop non-commoditized content while not having the vision to exploit the primary sources, http://www.slaw.ca/2014/01/02/ever-cuddled-an-aardvark-ever-studied-zymurgy/
Throughout 2009 and continuing into 2010, the market for
legal information has been characterized by intense competition as the
major online
publishers challenge each
other for market share.
The product offerings of Canlii, Austlii and all of the
other Lii are effectively competing with the core offerings of products based on recycled public documents that have been the primary sources of revenue and profit of the
major legal publishers.