The costs of growth; partnership of European companies creates another legal publishing giant, worrying law librarians

Article Abstract:

The merger of the legal publishing companies Anglo-Dutch-owner Reed Elsevier and Dutch-owned Wolters Kluwer at the beginning of 1998 results in the largest worldwide supplier of technical and scientific information. Observers feel the deal is good for both companies because it couples Kluwer's secondary materials, including CD-ROMS, with Reed's many primary publications and its online databases Lexis-Nexis.

Publishing industry, Analysis, Europe, Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, Acquisitions and mergers, Legal literature, Reed Elsevier PLC, Legal publishing, Wolters Kluwer N.V., international

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Changing the jury tool box; ABA task force invites criticism of trial proposals - and gets it

Article Abstract:

The ABA Litigation Section Task Force on Civil Trial Practice has issued the Civil Trial Practice Standards to be considered by the ABA House of Delegates in Feb 1998. These contain proposals such as allowing jurors to ask questions and take notes and having both preliminary, interim and final jury instructions. Reception of these standards has generally been positive.

Standards, United States, Trial practice, Civil procedure

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