Litigation winter2001.pdf > Helpful Links
The lawyers in the firm often turn to the Internet to find information for their cases. This is a list of some of the more popular websites that we consult. We hope you find this list helpful. Please check back as new sites will be added on a regular basis.
Court Information
www.dockets.justia.com
Search all federal court dockets for pending cases.
www.ilnd.uscourts.gov
Official website for United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
www.supremecourtus.gov
Supreme Court Of the United States
The official website of the Supreme Court contains recently published opinions, the docket, and a calendar of upcoming oral arguments.
www.state.il.us/court
Official site of the Illinois courts. It can be used to obtain information about the Supreme Court justices and the court’s calendar, the appellate court justices, calendar and opinions, circuit court information, including court statistics, Illinois court documents and jury instructions.
Online Legal Resources
www.findlaw.com
Directory to access state and federal law by jurisdiction and practice area. It can also be used to search cases and codes.
www.law.com
Law.com is a comprehensive destination for legal information and e-law services. In addition to the main site, it incorporates a vast collection of legal related Web sites.
www.law.cornell.edu
Legal Information Institute at Cornell Law School – This leading legal resource site has a comprehensive overview of American law, as well as links to federal and state statutes, federal agency regulations, federal and state judicial decisions, and other law topics.
www.loc.gov/law/guide
Guide to Law Online - Prepared by the U.S. Law Library of Congress Public Services Division. An annotated guide to sources of information on government and law.
www.firstgov.gov
Federal government’s official Web portal. Gain access to the Websites of all branches of the federal government, cross-agency portals, state governments and tribal governments.
www.thomas.loc.gov
Information about federal legislation, including summaries, status and the text of current bills and public laws.
www.daubertontheweb.com
A comprehensive site concerning challenges to the admission of expert testimony. Tells you what to do, when to do it and what to include in a Daubert motion.
Bar Associations
www.abanet.org
American Bar Association.
www.illinoisbar.org
Illinois State Bar Association.
www.chicagobar.org
Chicago Bar Association.
www.dri.org
The Voice of the Defense Bar.
www.iadc.org
Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel.
Standards, Guidelines & Regulations
www.ansi.org
American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
Latest national and international standards related activities.
www.osha.gov
Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)
Full text of the OSHA standards.
www.nhtsa.dot.gov
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Safety information, codes and regulations related to highway and traffic safety.
www.ntsb.gov
The National Transportation Safety Board
Data and information related to a variety of transportation industries.
www.dot.gov
U.S. Department of Transportation
Safety and standards for transportation industries.
www.usdoj.gov/atr/index.html
Guidelines for evaluating possible antitrust violations.
www.ftc.gov
Guides on antitrust issues.
www.gpoaccess.gov/databases.html
Access to Congressional Record, the Federal Register, Supreme Court decisions and federal agency files.
www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr
The Code of Federal Regulations
An online codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government.
www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html
Federal Register
Official daily publication for rules, proposed rules, and notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as executive orders and other presidential documents.
Corporate/Product Information
www.hoovers.com
Access to information on thousands of companies with links to their Websites. Detailed corporate analyses are available for free.
www.freeedgar.com
Free access to all SEC filings, and allows one to subscribe to a free e-mail service that notifies the subscriber when companies make a filing.
www.productslaw.com
Information regarding a large number of products, including tobacco, breast implants, heart valves, etc.
www.cpsc.gov
Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC)
Information, regulations, detailed recall notices, reporting forms, remediation plans and general investigative information.
www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prerel.html
This is the portion of the CPSC website dealing specifically with product recalls.
Patent & Trademark Information
www.uspto.gov/main/patents.htm
United States Patent & Trademark Office
Information about U.S. patent law.
www.uspto.gov/main/trademarks.htm
United States Patent & Trademark Office
Information about U.S. trademark law.
www.uspto.gov/web/offices/tac/doc/basic/international.htm
United States Patent & Trademark Office
Schedule of international trademark classes of goods and services.
www.bitlaw.com/patent
Comprehensive Internet resource on technology law containing over 1,800 pages on patent, trademark, copyright and Internet legal issues.
www.bitlaw.com/patent/international.html
This portion of the Bitlaw site contains information about international patent law and procedures.
www.copyright.gov
United States Copyright Office
Cornucopia of information about U.S. Copyright law.
www.ipo.org
Recent developments in intellectual property law.
