Yasmin Saira & Dana Neacsu Interdisciplinary Research in Law:   Data mining & interpretation – Business databases for lawyers Yasmin Saira & Dana Neacsu

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 merger Look at Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) data for these companies.

Preliminary meta-research When you research a matter totally unknown to you, then starting could be tricky. Find an expert! Always a good idea, but It may be hard to find an expert because you do not know what type of expertise you need Luckily you are taking this workshop and you will learn that whenever you need to research mergers, these are the best databases: Start with a research guide from the Business Library – Home page. MSCI GMI analyst (for ESG data) S&P Net Advantage; ThomsonONE Strategize: If you want primary sources, What type? What do you expect to find? Where would you go for them? Secondary sources? (same question)

Doing the Research 1.Bloomberglaw : Company data (Edgar) & analysis (BNA) Mergers and Acquisitions 2. 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 5. MSCI GMI analyst (for ESG data)

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?

What databases can you use (free-of-charge; fee-based. When?) Preliminary meta-research -when you are more familiar with the question, then go ahead and map the answer; --Identify the wrongdoer (the defendant) --Is the defendant solvent? What databases can you use (free-of-charge; fee-based. When?) Strategize: If you want primary sources, What type? What do you expect to find? Where would you go for them? Secondary sources? (same question)

Doing the Research 2. Factiva 3. LexisAdvance Company data Local and international news Company data 3. LexisAdvance Local and International news

Questions? Yasmin Saira Email: ys21@columbia.edu Dana Neacsu Email: edn13@columbia.edu