Litigation
See the resources in the federal and state government sections for statutes, cases, and rules.
American Lawyer’s Law.Com , with links to national and regional legal news sources
Free Advice Litigation Primer – for the freshman or non-lawyer
LexisNexis Federal & National Litigation Community – links to current topical articles from legal and general periodicals
Mealey’s Free* Drugs * Medical Devices News
Mealey’s Free* Litigation Law News
Mealey’s Free* Pleadings News
Statistics Links from FindLaw – working links include those to consumer product, aviation, highway, and OSHA databases
Mergers & Acquisitions
Attorneys – List of Large Firms in the Practice
Businesses for Sale – the following sites purport to list them, searchable by location, industry, in one case sales levels:
Business Sale Report – UK and Europe
Business Broker.net
Franchise Advantage
MergerNetwork
MergerPlace
Canadian Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestiture Law
Primers:
FindLaw’s Mergers & Acquisitions Primer by Robert W. Doyle, Jr., of Powell, Goldstein
Martindale-Hubbell Lawyer.com
go to the following URL; click on the “Business Needs” tab in the center frame, and select “Buying or Selling a Business”
U.S. D.O.J. Antitrust Division
U.S. F.T.C. Antitrust Resources
Valuation Software:
Business ValueXpress
MoneySoft
Products Liability
Cornell Legal Information Institute Products Liability Overview
Findlaw Product Liability News
Mealey’s Free* Drugs * Medical Devices News
Mealey’s Free* Product Liability Law News
Real Estate
Calculators
Bankrate
Interest Rate Calculator – with graphs
Virtual Loan Officers – separate calculators for prequalification, closing costs, refinancing, more
Cornell Legal Information Institute Real Estate Transactions - Overview
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Counsel Links to FDIC. FRB, etc., rate spread calculator, more
Federal Housing Finance Board Survey of Monthly Interest Rates Housing Vacancies & Home Ownership—current & historical
Findlaw Property Law & Real Estate Resources
FreeAdvice Real Estate Q&A
LexisNexis Real Estate Law Community – links to current topical articles from legal and general periodicals
Mealey’s Free* Real Estate Law News
NETR Public Records Online – contact information for county assessors, etc., by state & county; property records for a fee
Nolo’s “Real Estate” – Buying & Selling a House; Neighbor Problems
U.S. Census Bureau statistical pages
Construction Spending
Expenditures for Residential Properties
Housing Vacancies & Home Ownership —current & historical
New Home Sales
Virtual Chase Real Estate Law – excellent links
Zoning Links from Cyburbia
Securities
Beam & Astarita’s Securities Law Home Page – a decent privatefirm site with links to current news coverage, a listserv, and forums; topical menu is in grey at top of page; news below
Cornell Legal Information Institute Securities Law Overview
Distressed Securities Index from the Barclay Groupdownloadable spreadsheet 1997-2004
Financial Times
Exchanges
American Stock Exchange
Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
NASDAQ
New York Stock Exchange
International Organization of Securities Commissions
LexisNexis Securities Law Community – links to current topical articles from legal and general periodicals
Mealey’s Free* Securities Law News
Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board
NYU Law Library Securities Law Research Guide concise one-page list of print & online resources
State Regulators , from the North America Securities Administrators’ Association
Stock Transfer Agents – Find for a Fee ($5)
University of Cincinnati Securities Law Deskbook
U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission
Virtual Chase Securities Law Resources
Tax
Foreign Tax Law – paid subscription site; claims to provide laws in English translation
FreeAdvice Tax Law Primer
Q&A on income, estate, gift, excise, sales, employment, property taxes
LegalBitStream – impressive free access to a range of IRSmaterials, and to tax cases and treaties
Tax Sites – comprehensive links to federal databases and private services news articles
LexisNexis Tax Law Community – links to current topical articles from legal and general periodicals
Mealey’s Free* Tax Law News
U.S. Internal Revenue Service
FirstGov – the Portal of Portals
Besides law & branches links (including those to state & tribal governments), the site connects to contact directories, data & statistics, forms & applications, FOIA & privacy links, government graphics and photos, historical documents
Also: http://www.firstgov.gov/Contact/Faq.shtml – answers common questions about airline travel restrictions, student loans, vital statistics, & similar concerns
Documents Center, University of Michigan
“Govdocs,” federal, state, and international. Includes historical news coverage links.
Federal Web Locator
Links to all three branches of federal government, independent agencies, government-related sites (e.g., C-SPAN), and search engines
FedWorld from the U.S. Department of Commerce
Databases of federal sites, including bulletin boards where you can locatesubject-matter experts—many of whom will take questions if contacted
United States Government – Legislative Resources
Federal Legislative History Research
From the Law Librarians’ Society of Washington, D.C., an excellent detailed guide with reference to both print and electronic resources that provides additional relevant links.
How to Compile a Legislative History
From Columbia University Library. Some resources are Web-based and free, others are by subscription only at the host institution, others are in print and may be available locally. See the Library to do a resource search.
United States Code
From the House of Representatives
From GPO Access
From Cornell University
To see what parts of the Code are the law, period, and what parts are prima facie evidence of the law only, please see:
http://uscode.house.gov/about.htm.
To update a Code section:
http://uscode.house.gov/uscct.htm
Bills
Library of Congress – from 101st Congress
United States Government – Executive Information
Executive Orders from 2001
Proclamations from 2001
Regulations
Federal Register
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
United States Government – Courts
Generally Applicable Federal Rules
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure - (follow links)
Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure - (follow links)
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure - (follow links)
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure - (follow links)
Federal Rules of Evidence - (follow links)
Title 11, U.S. Bankruptcy Code Rules - (follow links)
Federal Local Rules—Applicable Only in Issuing Jurisdiction
(Higher Courts First)
Supreme Court
Courts of Appeal—by Circuit
Bankruptcy Appellate Panels
District Courts
Court of Federal Claims
Bankruptcy Courts
Court of International Trade
Tax Court
Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
Court of Appeals for Veterans’ Claims - (follow links)
Other Court-Related Sites
Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts
Judicial Conference of the United States
Judicial Panel on Multi-District Litigation
United States Sentencing Commission
United States Government – Statistics
Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) (of Dep’t of Commerce) – Interactive Access to National Income and Product Accounts Tables
Statistical Abstract of the United States – in PDF, from 1995 forward
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