LexisNexis File and Serve and CaseFileXpress is File and ServeXpress

A merger between court filing companies LexisNexis File and Serve and CaseFileXpress is called File and ServeXpress. The announcement is posted on 3 Geeks and a Law Blog.

BNA+Bloomberg

Looks like BNA and Bloomberg will merge. Announcement at Bloomberg.

Bloomberg announced today the acquisition of a majority interest in The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. (BNA) as a result of the completion of the cash tender offer by Bloomberg’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Brass Acquisition Corp., for all of the outstanding shares of common stock of BNA for $39.50 per share.  (cont)

The Best and West Legal Publishing Merger

Jean O'Grady of Dewey B. Strategic has provided a survey to cast your vote on the best and worst mergers in the legal publishing industry.

Bloomberg Continues March to Washington With BNA Deal

Bloomberg Continues March to Washington With BNA Deal
by Peggy Garvin
Posted On September 8, 2011
NewsBreaks (Information Today)

Garvin writes about the proposed Bloomberg-BNA merger, questions regarding the merger, and quotes from several librarians. From her post:

An earthquake, a hurricane, and a proposal by Bloomberg to buy BNA all hit Washington, D.C., in the same week. The earthquake and the hurricane were just passing through, but Bloomberg seems to have more serious intentions of staying. (cont)

Bloomberg's Acquisition of BNA

Here's Businessweek's article about Bloomberg acquiring BNA for $900 million.

Bloomberg + BNA

Bloomberg has announced that it will acquire BNA. Two news releases linked below.

Bloomberg Enters Agreement to Acquire BNA

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RELATED TO BLOOMBERG'S ACQUISITION OF BNA

Ebsco and H.W. Wilson to merge

http://www2.ebsco.com/EN-US/NEWSCENTER/Pages/ViewArticle.aspx?QSID=462

Ipswich, Mass. — June 2, 2011 — EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) and The H.W. Wilson Company (Wilson) have merged in what is being viewed by the companies as an ideal match. This combination of organizations will allow the strengths of each to benefit existing and forthcoming products & services.

Microsoft-Yahoo deal off?

From law.com newswires:

Yahoo's Skadden Lawyers Engineer Rarely Used Tactic to Hold Off Microsoft
Zusha Elinson
05-06-2008

Pundits may credit Yahoo CEO Jerry
Yang's bullheadedness with scaring off Microsoft for the moment, but it appears that a tiny, yet timely, legal maneuver by Yahoo's lawyers also played a key role.

On Saturday, Microsoft walked away from its three-month pursuit of Yahoo after leaders of the Sunnyvale, Calif., Internet company wouldn't bite at a two-dollars-sweeter, $33-a-share offer. They apparently wanted $37 a share. (cont)

Thomson-Reuters deal

Seen on law.com this morning:

Thomson-Reuters Deal Wins Approval
The DOJ required the companies to sell three business units to address antitrust concerns

Cecile Kohrs Lindell and Phineas Lambert
The Deal
February 20, 2008

Competition authorities in the U.S. and Europe on Tuesday approved Thomson Corp.'s £8.77 billion ($17.15 billion) acquisition of rival news and data provider Reuters Group plc.

The combination of Toronto-based Thomson and London-based Reuters will create the world's leading financial information company and eclipse Bloomberg LP as the top provider.

Thomson and Reuters predicted the merger would generate annual synergies of $500 million within three years. Company officials said they expect to close the deal the week of April 13. (cont.)

Humor

From the ResearchBuzz blog: nine good things about the Microsoft/Yahoo deal. I think #1 is the funniest.

Who owns which company

It's hard sometimes to keep up with which groups bought which publishers. AALL's CRIV (Committee on Relations with Information Vendors) has a way to look up this information.

From their page:

A Legal Publishers List: Corporate Affiliations of Legal Publishers, 2d ed.
The publishers in the Legal Publishers List are divided into five groups, which are on five separate web pages:

• Thomson
• Reed Elsevier
• Wolters Kluwer
• Other Publisher with Subsidiaries
• Independent Publishers

The lists may be found at http://www.aallnet.org/committee/criv/resources/tools/list/.

TXU drops closure threat

This story from the Dallas Morning News reports that TXU has now retracted it's letter to state regulators that stated it might close or mothball certain plants if it could not come to terms with the Public Utilities Commission over fines stemming from accusations of market manipulation.

Additional links from the story:

Mike McCall reads his apology

Text of TXU's apology

KKG and TPG statement on TXU letter

Read the letter TXU wrote suggesting it might turn off some plants (.pdf)

Read more about TXU's plans in Texas

Previous Lex Scripta entry: TXU threatents to shut down plants.

Follow up on TXU buyout

From CNNMoney this morning:

Record buyout for TXUTexas utility agrees to deal valued at record $45 billion with debt; agrees to scrap permits for 8 planned coal power plants.

February 26 2007: 9:27 AM EST

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Texas utility TXU agreed to be taken private in a $45 billion cash-and-debt buyout early Monday, the largest private-equity deal in history.

The buyers include two of the largest private equity firms, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and Texas Pacific Group, as well as the private equity arm of investment bank Goldman Sachs.

XM and Sirius Radio Want to Merge

XM and Sirius satellite radio systems want to merge. The executives claim to be able offer greater programing as a single company. Biggest hurdles: the FCC and the Justice Department.