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European Union Information Sweet & Maxwell Group & Westlaw International

European Union Information Sweet & Maxwell Group & Westlaw International. June 2004 Nick Mole Marketing Manager, EMEA Region. Who is Thomson?. Global professional publishing corporation Principal aim: to provide information and electronic solutions Market leader in 4 sectors of activity:

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European Union Information Sweet & Maxwell Group & Westlaw International

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  1. European Union InformationSweet & Maxwell Group & Westlaw International June 2004 Nick Mole Marketing Manager, EMEA Region

  2. Who is Thomson? • Global professional publishing corporation • Principal aim: to provide information and electronic solutions • Market leader in 4 sectors of activity: - Scientific and Health research - Finance - Education - Legal & Regulatory information (43% of Thomson turnover): • 17000 employees • 24 publishers • 7000 products (book, CD, online,…) • Turnover €3 billion

  3. Some Thomson Legal & Regulatory Companies: • West USA • Sweet & Maxwell Great Britain • Aranzadi Spain • ELLIS Publications The Netherlands • Dialog Corp. Global • Transactive France

  4. Sweet & Maxwell Group: Background • Established over 200 years ago (1799 - 2004) • Publish over 1500 titles including: • over 150 looseleaf services • 150 new books and new editions each year! • 90 journals, law reports and newsletters • 50 CD-ROM products, and • several online services (Westlaw UK, Lawtel,…) • Common law texts, precedents and journals • EU texts and journals • International commercial texts, precedents and journals • Intellectual property • Banking and finance • Competition (antitrust) • Arbitration and litigation • International trade

  5. Poland Finland Austria Norway Sweden Denmark Estonia Germany CzechRep. Netherlands Belgium Switzerland UK Japan Ireland France South Korea Portugal Spain Taiwan Gibraltar Mexico Hungary Hong Kong Vietnam Slovenia Bahamas Philippines Italy Malaysia Cayman Islands Azerbaijan Albania Armenia Barbados Ivory Coast Kuwait St. Vincent Tunisia Saudi Arabia Brazil Trinidad and Tobago Israel Turkey South Africa Thailand Uganda Singapore Argentina Bulgaria New Zealand Greece Country-Specific Westlaw Services 12 Westlaw International 27 2003 Westlaw Market Presence Russia Canada Kazakhstan United States China India Australia Total Number of Countries with Westlaw Users: 63

  6. Westlaw brings added value: • Instant access to more than 16,000 international databases including: jurisprudence, primary law, journals, industry-specific publications, law reviews, financial reports and company information… • Constantly updated (daily) • Editorial enhancements add value and leverage the content • Powerful User Interface can be customised according to specialist area of activity: - by subject area (banking & finance, international arbitration, intellectual property…) - by geographic specialisation (USA, Canada, Hong Kong, United Kingdom, European Union, Commonwealth,…). • 24 hour customer support for research assistance

  7. Search Functionality Searching – use Boolean connectors or Westlaw Natural language • In Natural language: what is the liability of directors under the Companies Act 1985 • With Boolean operators: liabilities /s directors & « Companies Act 1985 » Alert Services – keep current using Westclips Linking – hypertext links throughout content In depth at-a-glance analysis of the law including – UK Case Locators US Keycite References and Headnotes EU context tabs

  8. EU Coverage on Westlaw • CELEX - the official legal database of the European Union • ELLIS Publications’ additions (eg: Official Journals C series since 1990), enhancements, sophisticated cross-references and links - updated twice a week • UK Journals and Law Reviews from Sweet & Maxwell • Current Awareness from Sweet & Maxwell

  9. EU Coverage on Westlaw CELEX - the official legal database of the European Union • Westlaw is much more up-to-date than CELEX. Our information is updated daily; • The EU information on Westlaw is cross-referenced and integrated. When you find a Directive you can retrieve an overview of all cases based upon this piece of legislation. • When you retrieve a case you will also be able to read commentary on this case published in legal journals. • WLI contains inline links: all documents mentioned within another document are hyperlinked. This makes it possible to view this other document using the Linkviewer.

  10. EU databases on Westlaw The EU database is divided into 6 broad categories (excluding Current Awareness): • Treaties (EU-TREATIES) - primary legislation from 1951All Treaties concluded between the EU Member States, which constitute the legal framework of the European Community (includes founding treaties, accession treaties, supplementary treaties etc.) • Legislation (EU-LEG) - secondary legislation from 1952Regulations, directives, decisions, recommendations, opinions (non-binding) as published daily in the Official Journal L Series • Case Law (EU-RPTS-ALL)- primary lawFrom two Courts:- Court of Justice (from 1954)- Court of First Instance (from 1989)- plus UK law reports published by Sweet & Maxwell from 1865

  11. Preparatory Acts (EU-ACTS) - from 1974Proposed legislation, Commision (COM) documents, Opinions from European Parliament, Economic and Social Committee, Committee of the Regions, Common Position • Parliamentary Questions (EP-QUESTIONS) - from 1992Written questions and answers addressed by the members of theEuropean Parliament to the Commission and Council as published in the Official Journal C Series • OJC Series (EU-OJCSERIES) - from 1990Information and notices and non-binding acts of the Council (resolutions, declarations, communications), operative part of judgments of the Courts and texts of Commission proposals for legislation as published daily in the Official Journal C Series

  12. Access to Westlaw Fixed-Fee Annual Subscription: • Individual password(s) or IP-address authentication; • Unlimited searching/printing/downloading • Free User Training & Support • Consortium sale special pricing for Libraries • Free trial passwords available for evaluation

  13. www.westlawinternational.com

  14. Westlaw International – Easy to use Either scroll through the Directory to find what you are looking for …

  15. Westlaw International – Easy to Use … or construct a search and tick the database(s) you want to search

  16. Westlaw International – Customised for you You can easily customise your Westlaw desktop to show – • Different tabs for multiple jurisdictions/topics • Your personal database set • Search functionality enhancements – connectors/thesaurus/date restrictions • Additional tools – Tables of Contents/Company information • Navigation enhancements

  17. Westlaw International – Contact details www.westlawinternational.com Wliinfo@tlreurope.com Tel. +44 207 393 7486

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