Monthly Archives: December 2011

A securities law send-off for 2011

Posted on December 31, 2011 by

I ended the year working on some of the securities law entries.  I added a list of useful treatises and a new a paragraph on Regulation D to the Private Placements entry.  I also added a “Treatises” section to the Blue Sky Laws entry and revised the … Continue reading →

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Week in Review: Holiday Edition

Posted on December 25, 2011 by

Happy holidays!  I didn’t do the best job keeping track of my edits this week, but new stuff includes: District of Columbia – Judicial Branch entry — Added the Daily Washington Law Reporter’s Opinions on Demand Service as a source for D.C. Superior Court Decisions … Continue reading →

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New categories for Public Records and Tax-Exempt Organizations

Posted on December 18, 2011 by

I created new categories called “Public Records” and “Tax-Exempt Organizations.”  So far there are 18 posts in the Public Records category and six in Tax-Exempt Organizations.

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Busy morning for the tax-exempt entity entries

Posted on December 18, 2011 by

This morning I spruced up the Hospitals, Tax-Exempt Organizations, Campaign Contributions and Foundations entries.   In addition to the edits, I added in links to the Active Organizations search posted by the National Center For Charitable Statistics and the IRS’s Political Organization … Continue reading →

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List of National Archives researchers

Posted on December 17, 2011 by

I created a little section called “National Archives” in the Washington D.C. Document Retrieval entry.   It features the Archives’ list of Independent Researchers Available for Hire and two companies that I’ve heard do good work.  I’ll add more researchers if … Continue reading →

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Annual Reports entry updated and expanded

Posted on December 11, 2011 by

This morning I updated and expanded the Annual Reports entry.   New stuff includes a link to the IRIN collection of free historical annal reports, a name change from “Westlaw Business” to “Thomson Reuters Accelus™ Business Law Research,” and a cross-reference from the list of historical … Continue reading →

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The double life of the New Jersey Register

Posted on December 11, 2011 by

Here’s an interesting twist for the New Jersey entry — the full run of the New Jersey Register is available free online, but in two different places.  The New Jersey State Library posts the issues from 1969 (Volume 1, No. 1) … Continue reading →

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Two more superfund resources

Posted on December 4, 2011 by

Added to the end of the Superfund entry: The EPA’s PRP Search Manual ”provides guidance on how to search for potentially responsible parties (PRPs) that may be liable for cleanup at a Superfund site.” The Superfund Enforcement Directory (SFED) “identifies Headquarters and Regional … Continue reading →

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Back door tip for defining legal terms

Posted on December 3, 2011 by

If you aren’t having any luck finding the definition of a legal term, one out-of-the box option is to search the relevant caselaw database on Westlaw using the Words and Phrases field (“wp”).  For example, searching ”wp(contributory-negligence)” in the database of California cases would … Continue reading →

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