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The Passing of Canada Law Book

By Simon Chester

We note, with mixed emotions, the passing of Canada Law Book, a company whose roots in Canadian law go back a century.

Here is the announcement that it is being acquired by Thomson.

* 04 Aug 2010

Thomson Reuters Acquires Canada Law Book
Combined content and services provide true online and print customer advantages

Toronto, Canada, Aug. 4, 2010 ? Thomson Reuters today announced the acquisition of Canada Law Book, a division of the Cartwright Group Limited. Canada Law Book will be aligned with Carswell, a Thomson Reuters business headquartered in Toronto. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Canada Law Book produces publications across 36 topics of legal information, and is known for having high editorial standards, as well as authors who are among Canada?s most prominent legal scholars.

?Canada Law Book provides unparalleled content, including superior content for the labour, employment and intellectual property practice areas, and has an extraordinary team of author-experts who will complement the Carswell family of authors and the products and services we produce,? said Don Van Meer, president, Carswell. ?We are confident our combined strengths will provide true value to our customers, and we are committed to maintaining and enriching the high-quality product offerings our customers have come to expect from us and from Canada Law Book.?

Carswell and Canada Law Book each brings more than 100 years of legal tradition and expertise to customers, and together provide the recognised excellence, integrity and highest editorial standards that ensure legal practitioners, judges and academics receive the most comprehensive materials for their practise.

The efficiencies in service will, we hope, outweigh the emergence of an even more concentrated market.

Tip of the hat to Gary Rodrigues for seeing this coming.

And our best wishes to Ian Cartwright, Stuart Morrison and the rest of the community at CLB.

Full post as published by Slaw.ca on August 05, 2010 (boomark / email).