Employment Law Research on the Web

I. General Legal Research on the Web

• General Law Sites http://www.willyancey.com/gen_law.htm
• General Law Directory Site: Cornell Legal Information Institute http://www.law.cornell.edu/
• Supreme Court decisions:
• Cornell Legal Information Institute http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/
• FindLaw http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/supreme.html

• Court Finder: Federal Court Finder by Villanova Center for Information Law and Policy http://www.law.vill.edu/Fed-Ct/fedcourt.html
• Current Legislation Site: Thomas Legislative Information from the Library of Congress http://thomas.loc.gov/
• Online legal citations at http://www.willyancey.com/web.htm#citation
• Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print Portable Document Format (PDF) files at http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/acrobat/readstep.html#reader
• Internet sites to manage litigation at http://www.willyancey.com/technology.htm#management
 
• Example of Federal Litigation on Diet Drugs (MDL 1203) at http://www.fenphen.verilaw.com/
• Example of Breast Implant Litigation (MDL 926) at http://www.fjc.gov/BREIMLIT/mdl926.htm
• Example of US Fifth Circuit at http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/
• Electronic Court Filings at http://www.senseient.com/e-file_links.htm
• Internet Experiments in Court Filing at http://www.wolfenet.com/~dhillis/efile/toc.htm

II. Employment Law Research on the Web

• Employment and Benefits Law Sites http://www.willyancey.com/emp_law.htm
• News Site: Labor/Employment Law by Ross Runkel  http://www.lawmemo.com/
• Government Site: US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission http://www.eeoc.gov/

III. Evidence and Expert Testimony

• Evidence and Expert Testimony: http://www.willyancey.com/evidence.htm
• Electronic Evidence and Records Retention: http://www.willyancey.com/electronic_evidence.htm
• Requests for Production of Electronic Documents at http://www.forensics.com/resources/resourcesf.htm
• Forensic Economics and Damages: http://www.willyancey.com/forensic.htm
• Statistical Evidence in Litigation: http://www.willyancey.com/statistical_evidence.htm

IV. Finding People and Firms

• Employment law firms http://www.willyancey.com/lawfirms.htm
• Finding people and firms http://www.willyancey.com/finding.htm
• Expert witness directories http://www.willyancey.com/finding.htm#Experts
• Legal directories http://www.willyancey.com/finding.htm#lawfirm_directories
• Property records by TaxNetUSA  http://www.taxnetusa.com/
• Public records searches http://www.willyancey.com/finding.htm#Public_Records
• KnowX  http://www.knowx.com/
• PublicData.com  http://publicdata.com/

 
 

V. Potential Problems With Using the Internet For Legal Research

• Updated References: Most of the free Web sites depend on government sources to release the full text of statutes, regulations, and judicial decisions. The full text may need to be verified in a subscription service in print, CD-ROM, or online format.
• Incomplete Texts: Most of the free Web sites post the full text only for appellate court decisions, regulations, and statues issued or revised since 1992. Many older materials and administrative interpretations are not available on the free Web sites in full text.
• Computer Virus Transmission: Although computer viruses will not propagate from simple text files, they could be embedded in the executable files attached to email or some dynamic Web pages. For virus protection information see http://www.willyancey.com/ web.htm#virus
• General Technology Advice: For more information on using the Internet in law practice see http://www.willyancey.com/technology.htm.
• Computer Hardware and Software: For reviews and vendors of computer hardware and software see http://www.willyancey.com/computers.htm

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