The Boston Business Journal reports that Minneapolis-based Dolan Media has purchased Boston-based Lawyers Weekly Publications, a chain that includes Lawyers Weekly USA and state legal newspapers in Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Rhode Island, South Carolina and Virginia.

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