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Arbitration | Bankruptcy | Business & Corporate | Constitutional Law | Company Research / Review | Consumer Resources | Criminal Law | Domain & Internet Issues | Education | Employment | Environmental
ARBITRATION
American Arbitration Association
International ADR Brings together the texts of commercial arbitration treaties, national arbitration laws, judicial decisions and arbitral awards, and model clauses for inclusion in contracts. Information pertaining to institutions and rules, arbitrators, upcoming conferences, events and seminars, and a bibliography of recent articles and books
BANKRUPTCY
ABI World Featuring a search engine for searching bankruptcy opinions by state.
The Bankruptcy Code U.S. Bankruptcy Code
National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees
United States Bankruptcy Court Western District of New York
BUSINESS AND CORPORATE INFORMATION
FDIC's Consumer Resources Search to see if an Online Bank is Legitimate
SEARCH EDGAR Archives Database Search for Info on Companies who Trade their Stock on the Stock Exchange
Hoover's Online Company Information Searchable by Location, Company Name or Industry
Also See Consumer Resources
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
The Free Expression Clearinghouse
COMPANY RESEARCH / REVIEW
A.M. Best Company Company ratings and analysis, industry news and other corporate information is available on this site.
Annual Report Service One of the largest free directories of annual reports available on the Internet.
Corporate Information For a fee, you can have access to global corporate information.
Edgar Online people EDGAR Online/ People searches SEC filings by name and can display all people associated with that specific company.
Hoovers Online A wealth of information on companies in the US and abroad.
Moody’s Provider of independent credit ratings, research and financial information to the capital markets.
Standard & Poors Credit rating information.
Tech Companies A resource for companies wanting to prepare for today’s technological issues and concerns.
Thomas Register Online resource for finding out which companies manufacture products that can be purchased online by viewing catalogs and websites.
US Securities and Exchange Commission Users can search for corporate filings and other company information.
CONSUMER RESOURCES
The Angry Consumer Don't you just love it? The title says it all! Site created to let you share your consumer experiences with the rest of the world
CLASP A national non-profit organization with expertise in both law and policy affecting the poor
Consumer Affairs If you have a complaint or want to know more about a product, check out the Consumer Affairs Web Site
Consumer Information Center Search full text of hundreds of the best federal consumer publications available
The Consumer Law Page Information on Personal Injury Cases including occupational cancer, property damage or financial losses caused by negligent misconduct, toxic chemicals, defective products, or fraud in the sale of products, services, stocks or bonds by the Alexander Law Firm.
On-line dictionary linking to over 600 dictionaries in 150 different languages.
OneLook Dictionaries 1566511 words in 223 dictionaries - Includes Net Terms
The Kelley Blue Book Price automobiles
Law Guru Legal Questions & Answers Database
National Association of Attorneys General For the consumer, the site offers numerous articles on consumer fraud and scams, and a searchable database that provides information on contacting the visitor's own state attorney general. In the database, each Attorney General has a web site and extensive bibliography, along with a mailing address and phone numbers.
OverLawyered.com An interesting site that chronicles some of the less than finer moments of the American Judicial System
Public Access Networks Corporation Filtering Spam, Examining E-Mail Headers
Quicken Stocks & Quotes Quicken's Stock Quotes and Market Information, Including an Analysis.
Refdesk.com Country information from around the world. A resource for business, tourists, students and teachers. An excellent source of country data and demographics.
Research-It! - Your one-stop reference desk.
Secured Transactions From Legal Information Institute
Selling A Home From "how to" to finding the brokerage that's right for you.
Title & Escrow Find out what's what and who's who and get informed about the entire escrow process.
The Reference Desk This site is more of an encyclopedia index providing links to calendars, airlines, search engines, measurement converter, 1996 Statistical Abstracts, etc.
Web Lectures Subjects currently covered are: 1. Business Law, including corporations, securities regulation, antitrust, and bankruptcy law; 2. Civil Procedure; 3. Constitutional Law; 4. Contract Law; 5. Criminal Law; 6. Cyberspace Law - Electronic Commerce Issues; 7. Cyberspace Law - Speech and Privacy Issues; 8. Environmental Law; 9. Family Law; 10. Human Rights Law 11. Intellectual Property; 12. Labor and Employment Law 13. Legal Research and Writing; 14. Property Law 15. Public International Law; 16. Taxation Law; 17. Torts
U.S. Zip Code, Addresses & More This site is all about mail! Zip code and Address Information, Postal Abbreviations.
Uniform Business and Financial Laws Locator List of Uniform Laws in Business and Finance, Including Uniform Arbitration, Consumer Sales, Consumer Credit, Tenant Landlord, Fraudulent Conveyance, Land Sales and much more
World Encyclopedia & Simulation 1,400 pages of Flags, Anthems, Maps, Weather, News and Nations of the World
CRIMINAL LAW
Association of Federal Defense Attorneys (AFDA)
Federal Justice Statistics Resource Center Database contains information about suspects and defendants processed in the Federal criminal justice system
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL)
The National Fraud Information Center Includes links on internet fraud, telemarketing fraud and fraud on the elderly.
Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
United States Attorneys' Manual
United States Department of Justice Home Page
DOMAIN AND INTERNET ISSUES
ACLU Special Web Collection On Privacy and Data Protection Privacy and data protection on the Internet.
Berkman Center for Internet and Society Research program founded to explore cyberspace, share in its study, and help pioneer its development. The Center is a network of teaching and research faculty from Harvard Law School and elsewhere
Coalition Against Unsolicited Email Check this site for updates on pending legislation
CyberSpace Law Tutorial for Non-Lawyers A great free on-line course covering Trademark, Copyrights, Libel, Free Speech, Contract Law, Content Regulation and Dispute Resolution in CyberSpace brought by the Cyberspace Law Institute, Social Science Electronic Publishing
E-Commerce and Digital Cash (scroll down to articles section) Website of Michael Froomkin, U of Miami
E-Law by Virtulaw.com Great Information on Trademarks and Copyright Information as it relates to the Internet
Help2Go Help2Go is a web site that seeks to offer visitors useful information about a wide variety of computer and internet-related topics in an easy-to-digest and entertaining format
Juriscom Provides a good source of cyberspace law in French in the Canadian and French jurisdictions, site is in French
May 19, 2000, New York Times (Registration free, but required) In New Forum for Domain Name Disputes, Trademark Holders Dominate
Net Litigation, Internet Law News, Suits, Discussion
Public Access Networks Corporation Filtering Spam, Examining E-Mail Headers
Special Client Issues for Web Designers
US Dept of Commerce Mgmt of Internet Domain Names & Addresses- Policy Statement-6/5/98
Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Proposed regulation on authoring tool accessibility. WAI pursues accessibility of the Web for people with disabilities through five primary areas technology, guidelines, tools, education & outreach, and research & development
EDUCATION
AdmissionEssays For law school admissions
My Bar Preparation Multi-state Bar exam, preparation & review course
Net Happenings Goal of Net-happenings is to distribute announcements about Internet resources to network users and providers, and especially to the K-12 community. Computer Sciences Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Professional Development Program, State Bar of Texas
SGI Resources and Training Many Scripts and Some Tutorials are free!
StudyWeb.com A place for anyone doing research to find the information they need as easily as possible
University of Alabama School of Law
EMPLOYMENT LAW
Age Discrimination Act Age Discrimination Act in Employment of 1967 State, Federal, & OSHA Labor Law Posters Complete labor law posting compliance from SFOLLP.net, including new federal USERRA notice. State and federal labor law posters available in laminated all-in-one formats.
Break Your NonCompete Agreement Non-compete information for those wishing to escape or enforce non-compete agreements.
Civil Rights Act Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Disabilities Act Title 1 of the Americans with Disabilities Act
Employment Discrimination Cases (Pay Site) Summaries of all employment discrimination cases from the Supreme Court and the federal appellate courts. The statutes covered are: ADA, ADEA, Equal Pay Act, Family Medical Leave Act, 42 U.S.C. Sections 1981 and 1983, Rehabilitation Act and Title VII. The cost of a one year subscription is $48.00.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission EEOC
Human Resources Law Index This is subscription only site, however they do offer a free 24 hour preview period
Labor and Employment Annual Meeting ABA 1998 Labor and Employment Annual Meeting Papers
National Employment Lawyers Association
National Labor Relations Board Independent Federal agency created in 1935 to enforce the National Labor Relations Act
Social Security Administration
ENVIRONMENTAL
AgNIC-the Agriculture Network Information Center A centralized resource for information from the government and other sources about the science and business of agriculture including AGRICOLA, a heavy-duty database of three million bibliographic records and AgNIC, is a resource of more than 1,000 links to agricultural information on the Internet
The Energy Information Administration
Environmental Impact Analysis Data Links Agricultural ;Endangered Species ; Energy ; Hydrologic; Meteorologic; Pollution Prevention; Socio-economic; Spatial; Wetlands; State and Regional; International; Abbreviations Used
Environmental Protection Agency EPA laws and regulations, searchable database
Environmental Treaties and Resource Indicators Service (ENTRI) Over 160 treaties in full text, papers on various topics of environmental law and links to other organizations
European Environmental Law Homepage A useful resource for European environmental law, with an emphasis on the European Community; list of EU environmental treaties, EC regulations, decisions, and directives, and relevant national legislation of the EC members, Poland, Bulgaria, Hungary and material on Eastern Europe generally , Case law from 1988 to 1998 in searchable format for the European Commission and Court of First Instance
Fossil Energy Page From the Department of Energy
State of Texas Government Information
Topicality Agencies Topicality Agencies including Center for Disease Control, Department of Human Services, EPA and many more
TOXLIT Resources Toxlit Resources Toxlaw has precision tools especially for toxic tort litigators, like the Toxlaw Legal Bookmarks
The Toxlaw Reference Desk The Toxlaw Reference Desk