Rolling Stone - Matt Taibbi, 9/05/13
16 Major Firms May Have Received
Early Data From Thomson Reuters
The Thomson Reuters headquarters building in New York City.
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Rosenblum learned that his employers at Thomson Reuters, who had a contract with the University of Michigan to release the data, were releasing the data in three "tiers."
This is all spelled out explicitly in the contract between Thomson Reuters and the University of Michigan, an excerpt of which was ultimately included as an exhibit in Rosenblum's wrongful termination suit:
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