Research Guides : Business Legal Research: Laws & Regulations

Cases

Case law can be found in a variety of subscription and free sources.

Bloomberg Law
Google Scholar
Be sure to click case law when searching this free resource.
FastCase
Free with your Florida Bar membership, requires off-campus access.
Lexis
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Westlaw

Statutes and Regulations

In addition to the paid subscription services like Lexis, Westlaw, Bloomberg and HeinOnline, the following sites are where legislative and administrative materials can be found:

FDSys: Government Printing Office
FDSys is a FREE government website that has links to the U.S. Code, public and private laws, and various other legislative materials including the Congressional Record. An excellent free resource for federal materials.
Congress.gov
Formerly thomas.gov, Congress.gov is the source for tracking current legislation and has legislator profiles. It is also contains the Congressional Record back to 1995, the 104th Congress.
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This website will be in beta until the end of 2014 when all of the libraries from Thomas.gov will be transferred.
Regulations.gov
On this website you can find and comment on proposed rules, as well as guidance, notices, final regulations and related materials.

Federal Agencies

There are hundreds of federal agencies and commissions. Here are a few that you may find helpful.

Legislative History

HeinOnline has several legislative history libraries. Below are links to several HeinOnline libraries as well as other legislative history sources.

U.S. Federal Legislative History
Taxation & Economic Reform in America Parts 1&2
Intellectual Property Law
History of Bankruptcy
ProQuest Congressional
Provides access to federal bills and acts, committee reports and documents, testimony, rules and regulations, and legislative histories.
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Indexing begins with 1789 congressional publications and full text availability begins in late 1980s.