American Lawyer Media Launches Delaware Law Weekly

Posted on November 9, 1998

American Lawyer Media, Inc. (ALM), announced that it will establish a news bureau in Delaware and expand its roster of national, regional and local legal publications, beginning with the launch of Delaware Law Weekly, a newspaper covering the state's influential court system and legal market. Home to more than 280,000 corporations, Delaware's courts play a unique role in establishing and interpreting U.S. corporate law in matters ranging from mergers and acquisitions to shareholder lawsuits. The launch of Delaware Law Weekly follows ALM's acquisition of Delaware Law Monthly, Delaware's leading legal newsletter.

"From mergers to newly developing issues of partnership law, the Delaware courts have been the source of the body of corporate case law that governs most major U.S. companies," said William Pollak, President and Chief Executive Officer of American Lawyer Media. "Our entry into this key venue underscores ALM's strategy to increase our presence in the nation's leading legal markets and leverage our investments to provide enhanced coverage for our growing national audience."

Delaware Law Weekly will replace the acquired monthly newsletter and will continue to provide case digests for all significant state court decisions, as well as new content. ALM has named John F. Manser as Editor of the new bureau. Manser, a graduate of Widener University of Law, formerly served as a law columnist for the Wilmington News Journal and as a legal correspondent for Bloomberg News Service. ALM also plans to launch a website that will feature legal news, full-text cases from Delaware's state and federal courts and a searchable archive of Delaware cases dating back twenty years; a fax-on-demand; and a biweekly national newsletter centered on Delaware court decisions.