Thomson Legal & Regulatory acquires publishers in Spain & New Zealand.In related news, Thomson Legal & Regulatory (Eagan, MN) has agreed to acquire Spanish legal publisher Civitas Ediciones SL (Civitas; Madrid) from WEKA Professional Information. No terms were given. Thomson said the deal is expected to close as soon as clearance is obtained from Spanish regulatory authorities Noun 1. regulatory authority - a governmental agency that regulates businesses in the public interest regulatory agency administrative body, administrative unit - a unit with administrative responsibilities . Civitas Ediciones will become a part of Editorial Aranzadi (Pamplona), a unit of Thomson Legal Europe. Civitas was established in 1970 and was acquired by WEKA in 1998. It has 40 employees and approximately $5 million in annual revenues. The company publishes more than 1100 titles annually, including legal monographs and codes. Thomson Legal president/ceo Brian Hall
Also, Brookers (Wellington, N.Z.), a unit of Thomson Legal, has acquired Safeguard Publications (Auckland, N.Z.), a publisher of occupational health and safety information in New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. . No terms were given. Safeguard Publications' assets cover the work, health and safety fields and include Safeguard magazine, a title that was launched in 1991, a supplier's directory, newsletters, and an annual "Work Safe" expo. The purchase of Safeguard closely follows Brookers' acquisition of Briefcase In Windows 95/98, a system folder used for synchronizing files between two computers, typically a desktop and laptop computer. Files to be worked on are placed into a Briefcase, which is then transferred to the second machine via floppy, cable or network. , a case law indexing service, Employment Today, an employment magazine and DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary Publishing, a producer of government and resource management law information. Hall said "Safeguard's industry--leading information products are a perfect complement to our line of human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. compliance solutions in New Zealand." |
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