QUICKLAW Acquires Current Legal Resources, Inc.KINGSTON, ONTARIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 30, 1999-- QL Systems Limited (QUICKLAW) of Kingston, Canada has agreed to acquire Current Legal Resources, Inc. (CLR (Common Language Runtime) The runtime engine in Microsoft's .NET platform. The CLR compiles and executes programs in Microsoft Intermediate Language (MSIL). The counterpart to the CLR for the Common Language Infrastructure (CLI), ECMA's standard version of . ) of Bethpage, New York Bethpage is a hamlet and a census-designated place in Nassau County, New York, USA. The population was 16,543 at the 2000 United States Census. Bethpage is within the Town of Oyster Bay with its own school district. . This purchase combines Canada's first and largest online legal information service with the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the publisher that provides the highest quality and most current federal information in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . Hugh Lawford, President of QUICKLAW, states: "It was a logical progression for us to expand QL's offering of high quality yet affordable legal services legal services n. the work performed by a lawyer for a client. into the United States and there is no company offering a better product than the editors at Current Legal Resources. The acquisition of CLR provides us with an immediate presence on the Internet and in the U.S. legal market." CLR's staff is comprised entirely of employees who previously worked for the West Publishing Company. John Molinari, President of CLR, states: "The synergies between the two companies made this a perfect fit. QUICKLAW's high quality, editorially-enhanced international data, leading edge technology and proven marketing expertise gives this venture a high growth potential." QUICKLAW will continue to operate as the premiere provider of legal information in Canada. CLR will change its name to QUICKLAW America. CLR's existing customers' service will not be interrupted in·ter·rupt v. in·ter·rupt·ed, in·ter·rupt·ing, in·ter·rupts v.tr. 1. To break the continuity or uniformity of: Rain interrupted our baseball game. 2. or changed in any way other than having the benefit of having access to more information and future technological enhancements. It is the goal of QUICKLAW America to offer the highest quality, most affordable Internet based legal information service in the United States. |
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