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Legal Resources Available on the World Wide Web

General legal resources

• Cornell's Legal Information Institute 
• The Library of Congress' Thomas locater service 
• LawLinks.com  - A comprehensive resource for attorneys, which provides, among other things, links to research sites, attorney listings, computer consultant directory, national and state bar associations, and job listings.
• For beginners and experts - a primer on Internet research
• Search the Net for Legal Information (An internet search engine geared toward legal research materials)
• New York Law Journal List of Internet Legal resources  (The New York Law Journal has already gone through the trouble of making a collection of sites potentially of interest to the New York practitioner. It i s geared toward New York attorneys).
• Find Law Internet Legal Resources  (This site is a collection of links to a great variety of federal and state legal resources on the Net, from statutes to cases to regulations to other sites, etc. It is a good st arting point for Internet legal research generally, and to start your own bookmarked collection of legal Web pages of interest you your particular practice).
• The Internet Law Library (formerly the U.S. House of Representatives' online legal library)  

General resources in business law

• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation  (FDIC)
• Geocities' Wallstreet business guide
• Title 15, Chapters 2A, 2B, 2B-1 of the U.S. Code contain most of the federal securities statutes and may be accessed at the Cornell Law School Web site (easy to use - search by citation, browse sections, and enter search terms) or at the U.S. Government Printing Office site (users may search the entire U.S. Code more readily)
• Federal regulations adopted under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 are contained in the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations 
• Federal Forms Library 
• Cincinnati College of Law  hosts a very useful Web site for accessing and moving between statutes, regulations and forms

Banking law

• Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
• The FDIC's banking law resources 
• New York State Banking Department
• LII Banking Law Materials. Includes a very useful menu of source material and links, including relevant state and federal statutes and case law, and a search engine for C.F.R. Title 12.

Bankruptcy law

• The LII's bankruptcy law materials. Includes searchable full text of U.S. Code, Title 11.
• The American Bankruptcy Institute 
• The Internet Bankruptcy Library 

Securities regulation

• The LII's corporations law materials. Includes materials on securities regulation and full text of federal securities legislation.
• SECLAW.COM, an online guide to securities law
• Federal Securities laws, rules and forms based on the Appeals Securities Act Handbook and includes full text of back issues of the Bowne Digest for Corporate and Securities Lawyers.
• Securities and Exchange Commission
• SEC Proposed Rules, Final Rules, Concept Releases, Interpretive Releases, and Policy Statements
• SEC Staff Accounting Bulletins and Stall Legal Bulletins
• SEC Litigation Releases - Federal Court Actions, Administrative Proceedings - Notices & Settlements, ALJ Decisions & Orders, Reports of Investigations, Commission Opinions, Trading Suspensions, SEC Rules of Practice, Investors Claims Funds and Briefs

Commodities and futures law

• Commodity Spread Portfolio
• Commodityworld.com - market news, prices, charts, and educational resources.
• Gold Eagle - has weekly features and forums; prices, charts, and analysis; and a directory of links for gold, silver, and precious metal investors.
• Trader - classic commodity trading and resource allocation game.

Consumer financial services

• The LII's consumer credit materials 

Corporations and other business entities

• The LII's partnership law materials 
• The LII's corporations law materials 

Franchise law

State Agencies Administering Franchise Disclosure Laws

• New York State Attorney General's Office
• Listing of Other State Agencies Administering Franchise Disclosure Laws

U.S. Federal Government Agencies

• Federal Trade Commission Guide to the FTC Rule
• Small Business Administration

Not For Profit Sites

National & International Organizations

• American Association of Franchisees & Dealers
• International Franchise Association
• North American Securities Administrators Association
• International Franchise Research Centre, University of Westminster, London, England

Other Bar Association Sites

• American Bar Association Forum on Franchising
• California Bar Association Franchise Law Committee of the Business Section
  

Commercial Sites

• Be The Boss
• Centercourt
• Entrepreneur Magazine
• Franchise Handbook Online
• Franchise Net Australia
• Franchise Update