Markham, Ont. May 27 - Legal publisher LexisNexis Butterworths Canada is in final negotiations to acquire Quicklaw Inc., a Canadian on-line legal information service. The new consolidated company will have headquarters in Kingston, Ont., the company said. Hugh Lawford, the founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Quicklaw, will become CEO of the new organization. Quicklaw co-founder Dick von Briesen will become executive-vice president. The combined company will market an array of on-line products and services under the Quicklaw brand name and leading secondary legal information print products under the LexisNexis Butterworths name. The Quicklaw service provides Canada's a single source of full-text Canadian court, board and tribunal decisions, and a collection of Canadian case law summaries. The combined company will be part of LexisNexis North American Legal Markets. Quicklaw has offices in 10 Canadian cities and approximately 200 employees.