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- LegalEthics - news with links to state rules and opinions
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LAW BY PRACTICE AREA
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Most of the following sites provide links to model clauses:
Domestic
International
Banking
Domestic
General or International
Biotechnology
Commercial Finance
Domestic
International
Construction
Creditors’ Rights and Bankruptcy
Elder
Emerging Business Development
Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation
U.S. Dep’t of Labor:
Energy
Environmental Law
Domestic
International
Financial and Estate Planning Law
Noteworthy Wills
U.S. IRS:
General Business
Government Law and Relations
Immigration
Intellectual Property
International Law
Labor and Employment
Institute Sites:
Union Sites:
U.S. Dep’t of Labor:
Litigation
See the resources in the federal and state government sections for statutes, cases, and rules.
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:
Primers:
Valuation Software:
Products Liability
Real Estate - Calculators
U.S. Census Bureau statistical pages
Securities
Exchanges
Tax
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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
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to contact directories, data & statistics, forms & applications, FOIA & privacy links, government graphics and photos, historical documents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 Local Rules—Applicable Only in Issuing Jurisdiction (Higher Courts First)
Other Court-Related Sites
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
STATE SITES
State Rules of Court (Gateway for All States)
National Center for State Courts – links to state court sites
(You also can access rules from the LEXIS Custom Page and from LOISLaw; see Library personnel for details.)
State Bar Associations (Commercial Gateway)
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