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Information on Current Cases and Legal Debates
- The Cyberporn Debate
- Should access be limited? The Net censored? What is pornography? Who should see it? Who should control it? A collection of articles, discussions and more about cyberporn, from Yahoo.
- Communications Decency Act
- Senator Exon and the Senate are threatening to censor the Internet, and YOUR messages. If you are not up to date on this assault on the First Amendment, you should be. This is Yahoo's list of CDA related links.
- The FBI's current "Ten Most Wanted Fugitives"
- Criminals on the Net! Updated as necessary, the Most Wanted List, from the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
- United States of America vs. Timothy James McVeigh
- The indictment.
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Organizations Involved with the Law
- CourtTV Home Page
- Truly one of the best law related sites on the web, in terms of style, presentation, and most importantly, content.
- The Electronic Frontier Foundation
- "A non-profit civil liberties organization working in the public interest to protect privacy, free expression, and access to online resources and information." If you are looking for information about current developments in telecommunications law, this is the site.
- The Center for Democracy and Technology
- "The Center For Democracy and Technology is a non-profit public
interest organization based in Washington DC. The Center's mission is to develop and advocate public policies that advance constitutional civil liberties and democratic values in new computer and communications technologies."
- American Bar Association
- "The American Bar Association, with approximately 370,000 members, is the world's largest voluntary professional association. The Association has long served a dual role as advocate for the profession and for the public. With the growing complexity of society and our legal system, the Association's public role has gained both emphasis and breadth."
- New York State Trial Lawyers Association
- "Founded in 1953, NYSTLA is New York's largest statewide Bar Association dedicated to the representation of the consumers of New York and preservation of the Civil Justice system. Comprised of 4,500 members throughout the state, NYSTLA and its affiliate organizations offer a variety of services and benefits to the bench and bar."
- American Arbitration Association
- "With 35 offices nationwide and cooperative agreements with arbitral institutions in 50 other nations, the American Arbitration Association is the largest full-service provider of dispute resolution services and cutting edge educational programs in the world dedicated to the resolution of disputes through the use of mediation, arbitration, elections and other out-of-court settlement procedures. The Association provides a forum for the hearing of disputes, tested rules and procedures, and a roster of impartial experts of the highest caliber to hear and resolve cases."
- Computer Law Association
- This was a brand new site on October 19, 1995, with very little content, but it looks very promising.
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Legal Publications on the Web
- Techology Law Column
- David Loundy's Columns on Technology Law
- Net Watchers Magazine
- Great online magazine about the law, technology and the Internet.
- The Legal Automation and Internet Review Newsletter
- "LAIR aims to serve as a clipping service for busy law educators and librarians, providing pointers to developments and new resources within the legal automation marketplace and the world of Internet accessible legal information resources."
- Securities Regulation & Law Report
- Highlights of the Securities Regulation & Law Report, a publication for securities lawyers by The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc.
- Federal Communications Law Journal
- From the Indiana University School of Law, "The Journal publishes three issues per year, including articles, student notes,commentaries, and book reviews examining a wide range of U.S. and international communications and information issues, including telecommunications, the First Amendment, broadcasting, telephony, computers, intellectual property, communications and information policymaking, and related fields.
- Technology Law Review
- An online law review, concentrating on issues relating to technology law.
- CyberLaw
- CyberLaw is a collection of useful and interesting articles, focusing on legal issues concerning computer technology.
- CyberLex
- CyberLex is a sister publication to CyberLaw, and addresses legal developments touching the computer industry.
- Law Review Addresses
- Complete listing of the most cited law reviews and the addresses of their editors.
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Other Law Related Sites
- Timeslips Corporation
- Timeslips, the time and billing software company with the product of the same name is online.
- Internet Legal Resource Guide
- "This non-profit site was established to serve as a comprehensive resource for the information available on the Internet concerning law
and the legal profession. It is designed for everyone, from lay persons to legal scholars alike. It is quality controlled to include only the finest and most substantive legal resources online."
- Lexis Counsel Connect Law Links
- Counsel Connect is an online service, by subscription only, for attorneys. This Web Site contains information of interest to attorneys and laymen about the law.
- Law Related Web Search Engines
- Mega Listings of Legal Resources and Search Engines from the Georgia State University College of Law.
- Internet Legal Resource Guide
- One of the more complete and updates guides to online legal resources, from the University of Texas.
- The Practicing Attorney's Home Page
- "Internet Legal Services designed this page for use by attorneys and others interested in legal research. We do not include links to every possible legal and governmental resource available on the Internet because, quite simply, we want to provide a convenient interface to access those resources likely to be used on a daily basis."
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Law Schools and Law Libraries
- Cornell Law School - one of the most active law schools on the Internet, providing much of the text to statutes, rules, decisions and regulations that are in use at various web sites, through the Legal Information Institute. A valuable source of information.
- Case Western University - another terrific source of legal documents and text, and the source of many of the Supreme Court links at this site.
- The World Wide Web Virtual Library: Law
- Yahoo's Law School List - A complete listing of all law schools on the Web.
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Specific Legal Topic Resources
- Securities and Commodities Law
- Articles and resources related to the laws and regulations affecting stock and commodity investors and brokers.
- Technology Law
- Jeff Kuester's Technology Law Resource - "This continually updated website is intended to be the most comprehensive resource available on the Internet for information related to technology law, especially including intellectual property law (patent, copyright, and trademark law."
- Advertising Law
- Attorney Lew Rose's Advertising Law Home Page.
- Trade Secret Law
- Attorney Mark Hallign's Trade Secret Law home page.
- Divorce Law
- J. Henry Lyon's Web Site with information and links relating to divorce and family law.
- Patent Law
- The Patent Law Web Server from Oppedahl & Larson.
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Government Resources
- Congressional E-Mail Addresses
- Updated list of email addresses for Senators and Representatives.
- The Securities and Exchange Commission
- The SEC is now online, with quite a bit of material, including full text copies of the SEC Digest, text of speeches, position papers and other documents.
- The SEC's EDGAR Database
- Now back under the control of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the EDGAR database is the electronic filing system for disclosure documents of public companies. This link will take you to the main page of the database. Be sure to read the introductory material before delving into the system.
- United States Patent and Trademark Office
- Forms, applications, and information regarding patents and trademarks, straight from the PTO.
- Thomas
- This site is another excellent government resource, as it will allow you to search, by word or phrase, for bills which are pending in either house of Congress, and searchs can be limited to only bills that have passed, or for which floor action has occurred. Try running a search on your favorite topic, and you might be amazed at how many bills are being proposed about it.
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- United States White House
- Information about the House itself, including a great virtual tour. The tour is very graphic oriented, and is therefore a bit slow, but school children, and quite a few adults, are having a great time "seeing" the inside of the White House.
- U.S. House Of Representatives - Home Page
- The Federal Web Locator
- This site seems to change daily as more Federal agencies join the Web. It is an excellent starting place to find information about various agencies, although the amount of information at the site of a particular agency is hit or miss.
- The Internal Revenue Service
- The IRS is on the Web, and actually has some useful information available. You can also go directly to their form library
- The United States Postal Service
- The Post Office on the Internet? Here they are.
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Text of Bills in Congress
- Securities Bills in Congress
- Commodities Related Bills in Congress
- Computer Access Bills in Congress
- Technology Bills in Congress
- Telecommunication Bills in Congress
- Copyright Bills in Congress
- Trademark Bills in Congress
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