Report: Thomson Reuters To Cut 240 From Legal Division

One day after former BusinessWeek editor Stephen Adler was named editorial director of Thomson Reuters’ Professional division, Dow Jones reports that the media company will lay off 240 employees from one of that division’s sub-sectors.

According to Dow Jones, the cuts will come from Thomson Reuters’ legal division, which includes the Westlaw database and other information and services for legal professionals. The division employs 13,000 people, meaning layoffs of this size will decrease the staff by less than two percent.

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