Court records often say a lot about company behavior. Use these resources to do research on what a corporation has been—is being—sued for and other legal tips

http://securities.stanford.edu/
Retrieve full text of over two thousand class action securities fraud complaints, briefs, and orders filed since the effective date of the 1995 Private Securities Litigation Reform Act. Retrieve summaries of Federal complaints arranged alphabetically by name of company sued or date of filing.

http://www.law.com/special/professionals/nlj/nlj_clientlist1-50.html
This resource from the National Law Journal tells you which law firms represent top corporations.

http://www.courtlink.com/
Real time online access to federal, state, and local court records. Most comprehensive online source of court docket sheets. Sign up for Courtlink's CaseStream Web service with a credit card.

http://www.knowx.com/
Register with a credit card to search public records including bankruptcy, lawsuits, liens, assets, and UCC filings. Pay for only the materials you view or download.

http://www.law.uc.edu/CCL/sldtoc.html
The Securities Lawyer's Deskbook contains the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Investment Company Act of 1940, and their rules and regulations.

http://thomas.loc.gov/
Searchable database of the Congressional Record and current legislative bills.

http://www.fdic.gov/
Database of banks insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Includes bank profiles, financial reports filed with federal bank regulators, and demographic lending data.

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