LexisNexis acquires Anderson Publishing & German publisher.LexisNexis (Dayton, OH), a unit of Reed Elsevier, has acquired legal information publisher Anderson Anderson, river, Canada Anderson, river, c.465 mi (750 km) long, rising in several lakes in N central Northwest Territories, Canada. It meanders north and west before receiving the Carnwath River and flowing north to Liverpool Bay, an arm of the Arctic Publishing Co. (Cincinnati, OH) in a $21 million shareholder buyout Buyout The purchase of a company or a controlling interest of a corporation's shares. Notes: A leveraged buyout is accomplished with borrowed money or by issuing more stock. . The sale is subject to stockholder approval. LexisNexis said the deal is part of its effort to enhance its product line to legal professionals practicing in small firms. Anderson is the publisher of "Page's Ohio Revised Code The Ohio Revised Code contains all acts passed by the Ohio General Assembly and signed by the governor. The Ohio Revised Code replaced the Ohio General Code in 1953. Annotated," "Ohio Civil Practice" and secondary analytical analytical, analytic pertaining to or emanating from analysis. analytical control control of confounding by analysis of the results of a trial or test. information. It specializes in four major areas: legal research publications for states; legal research publications by topic; law school publications by topics; and, criminal justice publications by topic. Most of the company's titles are targeted to attorneys in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Tennessee and Michigan. Anderson will become a part of Lexis- Nexis unit Matthew Bender and continue operating from Ohio. In related news, LexisNexis, through its LexisNexis Europe (London) subsidiary, has agreed to acquire MBO MBO See: Management buyout Verlag Gmbh (Munster, Ger.), a subscription- based electronic publisher of information for lawyers, corporations and government clients. The deal is subject to regulatory approval by the German government. LexisNexis said that MBO has developed a "comprehensive database of German legislation" and also produces a range of jurisprudence jurisprudence (j  r'ĭspr d`əns), study of the nature and the origin and development of law. and other legal, tax and regulatory information products. LexisNexis said the deal was a first step in developing its legal information business in Germany and that it expects to form additional partnerships and alliances. |
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