In related news, BVR Legal, a division of Business Valuation Resources, Inc. (Portland, OR), has acquired our client Mealey’s Conferences, a division of Mealey Publications (Berwyn, PA), from parent LexisNexis (New York). No terms of the deal were given. LexisNexis is a unit of Reed Elsevier.
Mealey s Conferences offers remote and live events that cover a wide range of legal fields and areas, including insurance and tort law. Live events in the fourth quarter of 2008 include conferences on: rain-making, negotiating and collaborative development; asbestos litigation; litigation and trial strategies; reinsurance; derivatives litigation; construction defect claims; and, bad faith litigation.
Teleconferences and webinars for the same period cover topics such as: courtroom practices, consumer product safety, IP and domain names, shareholder suits, stock ownership plans, commercial litigation, lead paint, class action against hospitals, presenting quantitative evidence and benzene.