Author Archives: zimmermansguide

About zimmermansguide

zimmermansguide is the WordPress username for Andy Zimmerman, the author of Zimmerman's Research Guide. Over the years people have asked me for a way to follow the changes to the Guide. The ZRG Blog is written for anyone who would really like to know.

Bye for now

I wanted to let you know that The ZRG Blog is going on a long-term hiatus.  Things have been busy, and I think it’s best to focus my time on writing Zimmerman’s Research Guide rather than writing about it.  Thank you for … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Fourth Circuit jury instructions

The Federal Fourth Circuit does not have court-approved pattern Jury Instructions, but there is a privately published set called Horn’s Federal Criminal Jury Instructions for the Fourth Circuit by Carl Horn III.

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

New entry on Federal enclaves

Federal enclaves are real property ceded to the Federal government by one of the states.  Think military bases, national parks and Federal courthouses.   The new entry covers  how property becomes a Federal enclave, how to tell if a particular property is a Federal … Continue reading

Posted in New Entries, Real Estate | Leave a comment

Lexis creates huge archive of municipal codes

Lexis has been adding hundreds of municipal codes each month, and they say they now have nearly 3,000 online, by far the biggest collection anywhere.  To make the deal even sweeter, Lexis will be keeping the old codes starting with the … Continue reading

Posted in Local Government | Leave a comment

Sacré bleu! Good scoop on French businesses

You can look up French company registration records (for free) and retrieve filings (for a fee) from Infogreff.   Even the free records tell you the company’s annual sales and the number of employees.

Posted in Company Information | Leave a comment

Finding DOL ALJ decisions

I spent half an hour looking for cases cited as 2009 FRS xx this week.  Bieber’s said “FRS” was the Federal Rules Service, but the cases turned out to be U.S. Department of Labor Administrative Law Judge decisions.   ”FRS” stands for the “Federal Rail Safety Act” because … Continue reading

Posted in Labor and Employment, U.S. Federal - Executive Branch | Leave a comment

Sites collecting FOIA Documents

Another aspect of working in DC is the increased need for Federal agency materials not readily available to the public.  Two sites that help are FOI Services, which collects FOIA documents from the FDA, and Government Attic, which collects FOIA documents … Continue reading

Posted in Publishers and Publications, U.S. Federal - Executive Branch | Leave a comment

New database of Title VII consent decrees

It’s not that often we see an entirely new database, but the Title VII Class Action Consent Decree Repository by Cornell ILR is the first source I know to collect Consent Decrees from Title VII race and sex discrimination class action cases.  … Continue reading

Posted in Labor and Employment, Litigation | Leave a comment

Another place to find CRS Reports

Bloomberg Law has a handy collection of Congressional Research Service Reports.   The collection goes back only to January 2011, but it is easy to search, and there is no charge to pull the report (once you have a Bloomberg Law … Continue reading

Posted in U.S. Federal - Legislative Branch | Leave a comment

Good press from the WNE School of Law Library

The Western New England School of Law has a thoughtful review of Zimmerman’s Research Guide in their Spot-On Legal Research blog.  Click here if you’re interested.

Posted in About the ZRG Blog and Guide | Leave a comment