Data mining amp interpretation Business databases for lawyers Yasmin Saira amp Dana Neacsu Research Question 1 Research problem 1 Lets study Allergan Pfizer merger and tax inversion What is a tax inversion ID: 660418
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Interdisciplinary Research in Law: Data mining & interpretation – Business databases for lawyers
Yasmin Saira&Dana NeacsuSlide2
Research Question 1: Research problem 1: Let's study Allergan - Pfizer merger and tax inversion. What is a tax inversion?
Merger steps?How to search SEC filings for a drug mergerLook at Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) data for these companies
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Strategize:If you want primary sources,
What type? What do you expect to find? Where would you go for them?Secondary sources? (same question)Slide4
Doing the Research 1.Bloomberglaw :Company data (Edgar) & analysis (BNA)
Mergers and Acquisitions2. LexisAdvance / Business Source Complete (from CLIO) Company data (publicly traded) – (for private companies ORBIS – CLIO)
Mergers & Acquisitions
3. S& P Net Advantage is best for
Industry overviews
Company data (for public companies only)
4.
ThomsonOne
is
best for
Company data
Mergers and Acquisitions
5.
MSCI GMI analyst (for ESG data)Slide5
Research Question 2:
A federal study on a mysterious noise that vexes Windsor, Ont. residents is pointing fingers across the Canada-U.S. border at the blast furnaces of an American steel mill.The locals call the nuisance the “Windsor Hum,” a periodic pulsating, vibrating noise that has
bedeviled
residents for some time.
They
would like to
sue and stop the noise.
What is your strategy?Slide6
Strategize:If you want primary sources,
What type? What do you expect to find? Where would you go for them?Secondary sources? (same question)Slide7
Doing the Research 2. Factiva
Local and international newsCompany data3. LexisAdvanceLocal and International news
Company dataSlide8
Questions?
Yasmin SairaEmail
: ys21@columbia.edu
Dana Neacsu
Email: edn13@columbia.edu