Category: Supplier News

Thomson (owner of West Publishing) is an important information and software supplier for BigLaw (and SmalLaw). CIOs, librarians, and other firm managers should keep track of Thomson’s bid for Reuters.  Forbes report of the Thomson bid for Reuters is here. Reuters itself reports that Thomson...

Two acquisitions occurred in recent weeks, one in e-discovery and one in outsourcing.  Integreon to acquire CBF Group Inc (2/22/07) notes that “Integreon Managed Solutions, Inc., a global leader in complex knowledge process outsourcing, announced today that it has acquired Fargo, N.D.-based CBF Group, Inc.,...

I’ve suggested that knowledge management and electronic discovery tools might converge, given that search underlies both. My June 29, 2005 a post mentioned “the possibility that e-discovery semantic analysis tools will be re-purposed for KM.” I got it backwards.  Recommind, known to many law firms...

The Thomson empire (which includes West, Elite, and Hildebrandt) now includes Baker Robbins (BRCO), one of the leading legal technology consulting firms.  A BRCO press release states that the acquisition “provides a powerful complement to the Thomson portfolio of legal consulting services, and will be...

The Thomson Corporation announced a re-organization yesterday. Law firms should take note since Thomson is a major supplier of both content and software.  It will be interesting to see if this affects what Thomson – Elite – West delivers to BigLaw. The press release (10/25/06)...