Michael E. Suchsland

West Group was founded by John B. West in 1872. West delivers a powerful competitive advantage to its customers by providing the highest-quality legal, regulatory and business information and the most innovative technology tools to manage it. In addition to being the home of Westlaw, West annually publishes over 66 million books and 500 CD-ROM. West offers a number of legal education components, including online CLE courses and preparatory materials for the Bar review

Part of Woodbridge Co. Ltd. /New/, Thomson Legal & Regulatory Ltd. provides information and publishing services to various markets including legal and regulatory, financial services, scientific, reference, healthcare, education, and corporate training. The company is based in Brisbane, Australia and offers its services through web-based information delivery platforms.

Part of Upbound Group, Inc., Thorn Americas, Inc. is a company that specializes in rental and leasing equipment. The company is based in Wichita, KS. Thorn Americas was acquired by Renters Choice, Inc. from Thorn Ltd. on August 05, 1998 for $1,150 million.

CCH, Inc. provides tax and business law information and software solutions. It serves accounting firms, associations, corporations, federal government and financial planning. The company was founded in 1913 and is headquartered in Riverwoods, IL.

EPIQ Systems, Inc. engages in the provision of technology-enabled solutions for electronic discovery, bankruptcy, and class action administration. Its solutions also include mass tort, data breach response, legal document processing, corporate restructuring, and antitrust and second request. The company was founded by John William Davenport, Jr. on July 13, 1988 and is headquartered in Kansas City, KS.