The Thomson Corporation today named Mike Wilens, president and CEO of Thomson West, to be president and CEO of its newly created Thomson Legal & Regulatory North American Legal organization, PR Newswire reports. He will oversee Thomson West, Thomson Elite and Thomson FindLaw.

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