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.

• Stanford Securities Class Action Clearinghouse
  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.
• NLJ: Who Represents Corporate America
  This resource from the National Law Journal tells you which law firms represent top corporations.
• CourtLink
  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.
• KnowX
  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.
• Security Lawyer's Deskbook
  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.
• Library of Congress THOMAS Database
  Searchable database of the Congressional Record and current legislative bills.
• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
  Database of banks insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Includes bank profiles, financial reports filed with federal bank regulators, and demographic lending data.