West publishing nearly 30 books for Kindle Oct 9, 2009
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TestMasters Sued for Unauthorized Use of the LSAT Sep 15, 2009
West Publishing Corp.'s BAR/BRI bar review business settled similar claims when the North Carolina Board of Law Examiners sued it and parent company Thomson Corp. in the Eastern District of North Carolina in 2007. In The Board of Law Examiners v. West Publishing Corp., the North Carolina board. (Law.com)
Federal Judge Grants Attorney Fees in BAR/BRI Case but Slashes Amount Jul 22, 2009
The 2007 settlement came in a case filed on behalf of 300,000 class members who claimed to have overpaid, on average, about $1,000 for BAR/BRI's bar review course because its parent company, West Publishing Corp., conspired to monopolize the market in a deal with , which sells preparatory courses for the Law School Aptitude Test. The class sought $300 million, triple the estimated antitrust damages. (Law.com)
Opperman elected to TCF board Jun 30, 2009
Opperman was previously president of West Publishing Co. acquired in the 1996 by what is now Opperman serves on Thomson Reuters board. Vance brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in law and financial services to the board, and his passion for community service is unprecedented and commendable, William Cooper, TCF s chairman and CEO, said in a news release. (Twin Cities Business Journal, MN)
In Perspective — Definition of torture varies May 21, 2009
The one that has the most restrictive definition -- the infliction of violent bodily pain upon a person, by means of the rack, wheel, or other engine, under judicial sanction and supervision, in connection with the interrogation or examination of the person, as a means of extorting a confession of guilt, or of compelling him to disclose his accomplices is the Third Edition of Black s Law Dictionary, published by West Publishing Company, the publisher of most law books in the U.S.. That... (Brenham Banner, TX)
UBS signs $7.5M lease at Bank of America tower May 6, 2009
The Vector Group, McKinsey & Co., West Publishing Corp., Leaf & Associates and the Peacock Foundation have all renewed leases totaling about 30,000 square feet. These tenants have spent an average of 12 years in the building. (South Florida Business Journal, FL)
Law Professors Seek Injunction Over 'Sham' Treatise Supplement Apr 16, 2009
An ugly dispute has erupted between West Publishing and two law professors who claim they were falsely identified as the authors of an annual supplement to a treatise on Pennsylvania criminal law even though they had nothing to do with writing it. In a federal lawsuit, professors David Rudovsky of the University of Pennsylvania and Leonard Sosnov of Widener Law School claim that the December 2008 supplement, or "pocket part," to their book, "," was so poorly researched that it will harm their... (Law.com)
Lawyer Who Objected to BAR/BRI Settlement Dies at 62 Apr 10, 2009
Eliot Disner filed the antitrust class action against West Publishing and New York-based test preparation provider Kaplan when he was a partner with 40-lawyer Los Angeles firm Van Etten Suzumoto & Becket, which merged with McGuireWoods in April 2006. The case, which accused West and Kaplan of conspiring to divvy up the bar review and LSAT test prep market, settled in February 2007 for $49 million. (Law.com)
Why small businesses hate the tax man Mar 23, 2009
I don't pay myself anywhere near $250K, obviously, and in fact for 2008 we'll be distributing losses to investors in New West Publishing LLC.. advertisement. (MSNBC -- Business)
