{{Short description|Integrated media company located in New York City}} {{about|American Lawyer Media|other companies|alm (disambiguation)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2021}} {{Infobox company | name = ALM | logo = American Lawyer Media Logo.png | type = | industry = Media, Legal News | founded = {{Start date and age|1979}} | fate = | predecessor = <!-- or: | predecessors = --> | successor = <!-- or: | successors = --> | founder = Steven Brill | defunct = <!-- {{End date|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | hq_location = Socony-Mobil Building, 150 East 42nd Street, | hq_location_city = New York City | hq_location_country = U.S. | area_served = <!-- or: | areas_served = --> | key_people = Nick Brailey (CEO) | products = {{unbulletedlist| * The American Lawyer * Law.com * Law.com International * Corporate Counsel * The Legal Intelligencer * The National Law Journal * New York Law Journal * Law Journal Press * Litigation Daily * Legaltech News * The Supreme Court Brief * The Recorder (California) * Connecticut Law Tribune * Delaware Law Weekly * Texas Lawyer * New Jersey Law Journal * LegalWeek annual conference<ref>{{cite news |last1=Thomas |first1=David|last2=Scarcella|first2=Mike|title=Lawyers flood tech expo wondering: Is AI about to devalue their time? |url=https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/lawyers-flood-tech-expo-wondering-is-ai-about-devalue-their-time-2026-03-12/ |access-date=6 April 2026 |work=Reuters |date=12 March 2026}}</ref>}} | owner = <!-- or: | owners = --> | num_employees = | num_employees_year = <!-- Year of num_employees data (if known) --> | parent = *Time Warner (1997–1998) *Wasserstein & Co (1998–2007, 2014–) *Incisive Media (2007–2009) *Apax Partners (2009–2014) *Eagletree Capital (2014-Present) | website = {{URL|www.alm.com}} }} '''ALM''' (formerly '''American Lawyer Media''') is a media company headquartered in the Socony-Mobil Building in Manhattan, and is a provider of specialized business news and information, focused on law.
ALM owns and publishes national, regional, and international magazines and newspapers, including ''The American Lawyer'', the ''New York Law Journal'', ''Corporate Counsel'', ''The National Law Journal'', ''The Legal Intelligencer'', ''Legal Times'', ''Law.com'', and ''Law.com International''.
The company also produces conferences and trade shows for business leaders and the legal profession. Law Journal Press, ALM's professional book imprint, publishes over 130 treatises on a broad range of legal topics. Other ALM businesses include newsletter publishing, court verdict and settlement reporting, production of professional educational seminars, market research, and content distribution.
==History== The company was started in 1979 by Steven Brill to publish ''The American Lawyer''.
In February 1997, Brill sold ALM to Time Warner, mainly for its CourtTV stake.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-02-20-fi-30516-story.html |title=Time Warner Buys Court TV Stake |agency=Associated Press | work=Los Angeles Times | date=February 20, 1997}}</ref>
In July 1997, ALM's legal publications were acquired from Time Warner by U.S. Equity Partners, L.P., a private equity fund sponsored by Bruce Wasserstein.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-jul-19-fi-14328-story.html |title=Time Warner to Shed Legal Publications |agency=Associated Press | work=Los Angeles Times |date=July 19, 1997}}</ref>
In October 1997, it acquired National Law Publishing Company (parent of ''The National Law Journal'' and ''New York Law Journal'') from Boston Ventures and the legal publications of Legal Communications (including ''The Legal Intelligencer'') from Meridian Venture Partners.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/24/business/the-media-business-law-publishing-merger-planned.html |title=THE MEDIA BUSINESS; Law Publishing Merger Planned |work=The New York Times |date=October 24, 1997 | url-access=limited}}</ref>
In 2007, ALM was purchased by Incisive Media for {{US$|630}} million.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-LB-4079 | title=American Lawyer Media Sold to U.K. Firm for $630 Million }}</ref> Two years later, Incisive had to restructure the loan used to purchase ALM, and ALM once again became an independent company, owned by the lenders and Apax Partners.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.inpublishing.co.uk/articles/incisive-media-announces-refinancing-agreement-5948 | title=Incisive Media announces refinancing agreement | work=InPublishing | date=September 1, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/jul/05/pressandpublishing.citynews |last=Tryhorn |first=Chris |title=Incisive Media purchases US publisher ALM |work=The Guardian |date=July 5, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.fnlondon.com/articles/american-lawyer-sold-to-uk-publisher-2-20070706 | title=American Lawyer sold to UK publisher | first=Heide | last=Moore | work=FN London | date=July 6, 2007}}</ref>
Wasserstein & Co. repurchased ALM in 2014.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nypost.com/2014/06/04/wasserstein-buys-back-law-titles-for-417m/ |title=Wasserstein buys back law titles for $417M | first=Keith J. | last=Kelly | date=June 5, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.deweybstrategic.com/2014/06/american-lawyer-media-sold-what-does.html | title=American Lawyer Media Sold: What Does This Mean for the Journalism of Law and Personality? | first=Jean | last=O'Grady | work=Dewey B Strategic | date=June 5, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.jonesday.com/en/practices/experience/2014/07/wasserstein--co-acquires-alm-media | title=Wasserstein & Co. acquires ALM Media | work=Jones Day | date=July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/prior_owner_acquires_alm_media_reportedly_at_a_discount | title=ALM Media is sold to prior owner, reportedly at a discount | first=Debra Cassens | last=Weiss | work=ABA Journal | date=June 4, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/DJFLBO0020140604ea64nqyrd | title=Wasserstein Buys Publisher ALM Media for $417M From Apax, RBS | first=Lillian | last=Rizzo | work=The Wall Street Journal | date=June 4, 2014 | url-access=subscription}}</ref>
In 2015, ALM acquired Summit Professional Networks.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/legal-publisher-alm-to-acquire-summit-professional-networks-1420482843 |issn=0099-9660 | first=Lukas I. | last=Alpert |title=Legal Publisher ALM to Acquire Summit Professional Networks |work=The Wall Street Journal |date=January 5, 2015 | url-access=subscription}}</ref>
In January 2016, ALM acquired British legal magazine ''Legal Week''.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.americanlawyer.com/id=1202746715016/ALM-Buys-UKs-Legal-Week-From-Incisive-Media?slreturn=20160103143339 | first=Nell | last=Gluckman |title=ALM Buys UK's Legal Week From Incisive Media |work=The American Lawyer |date=January 12, 2016}}</ref>
In March 2025, ALM merged with Law Business Research (LBR).<ref>{{cite news|title=LBR and ALM Announce Merger, Creating Leading Global Intelligence Provider |url=https://www.lbresearch.com/lbr-and-alm-announce-merger-creating-leading-global-legal-intelligence-provider/ |work=Law Business Research |date=March 24, 2025}}</ref>
In May 2025, ALM completed the corporate spin-off of Touchpoint Markets, which owns ThinkAdvisor, BenefitsPRO, PropertyCasualty360, GlobeSt, and Credit Union Times.<ref>{{Cite press release | url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/alm-completes-the-spin-off-of-its-business--finance-division-into-a-reimagined-b2b-media-company-touchpoint-markets-302444140.html | title=ALM Completes the Spin Off of its Business & Finance Division into a Reimagined B2B Media Company, Touchpoint Markets | publisher=PR Newswire | date=May 1, 2025}}</ref> In July 2025, Arc Networks, owned by EagleTree Capital, acquired TouchPoint Markets.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.inpublishing.co.uk/articles/arc-acquires-touchpoint-markets-25556 | title=Arc acquires Touchpoint Markets | work=InPublishing | date=July 10, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | url=https://exhibitionnews.uk/arc-expands-reach-in-the-us-with-acquisition-of-touchpoint-markets/ | title=Arc expands reach in the US with acquisition of Touchpoint Markets | first=Paul | last=Colston | work=Exhibition News | date=July 2, 2025}}</ref>
==Publications== * ''The American Lawyer'' * ''The Legal Intelligencer'' * ''The National Law Journal'' * ''New York Law Journal'' * ''Law Journal Press'' * ''Litigation Daily'' * ''Legaltech News'' * ''The Supreme Court Brief'' * ''The Recorder'' * ''Connecticut Law Tribune'' * ''Delaware Law Weekly'' * ''Texas Lawyer'' * ''New Jersey Law Journal''
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Portal|Companies}} * {{Official website|https://www.alm.com/}} * [http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/american-lawyer-media-holdings-inc-history/ American Lawyer Media Holdings] in the ''International Directory of Company Histories'', 2000.
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