Business Law Resources

AAA Introduction	Criminal Law - Ethics	Movies and Related Sites
Alternative Dispute Resolution	Critical Thinking and Writing	Native Americans
Antitrust Law	Current Legal News and Events	Negotiation and Due Diligence
Argument	Disability	Non-Profit Business and Charities
Assessment	Drafting Legal Documents	Opinion Letters
Bankruptcy	E-Commerce	Oral Presentations and Discussions
Bar Associations and Professional Organizations Books	Elders	People - Witnesses
Briefs	Employment	Places
Business Plan	Entrepreneurship	Products Liability
Careers & Jobs in Law	Environmental Law	Property
Case Studies	Facts and Evidence	Property - Personal Property Security
Civil Rights	Forms	Research & Experimentation
Companies	Globalization and International	Sale of Goods - the UCC
Congress and Legislation	History of Law	Scholarships - Financial Aid
Constitutions and Constitutional Branches	Insurance and Risk	Science and Law
Consumer Law	Intellectual Property	Service Learning
Contracts - Due Diligence & Negotiation	Law Schools	Starting a Business - Entrepreneurship
Corporate Compliance	Lawyering	Taxation
Corporate and LLC Formation	Legal Research	Writing
Courts	Litigation

AAA Introduction

• California Self Help Portal
• Guide to Legal Literacy from the California State Bar (PDF)
• Public Law Library
• SBA
• Ventura County Courts Legal Self Help

Alternative Dispute Resolution – Arbitration, Mediation

• American Arbitration Association
• Arbitration - AAA - California Consumers
• International Arbitration
• Mediation - California Consumers
• Motor Vehicle Arbitration
• Pepperdine's Strauss Institute for Dispute Resolution
• Stock - Arbitration with stock brokers through NYSE
• Ventura County
• Ventura County Mediators and Arbitrators

Antitrust Law

• Antitrust Enforcement in California - By the California attorney general
• FTC Antitrust Portal - Entitled "Bureau of Competition"
• Justice Department on Antitrust
• Portal to Antitrust Sites

Argument

• Transcripts of Oral Arguments in the U.S. Supreme Court

Assessment

• Assessment - Personal - For sale assessment
• Is Entrepreneurship for You? - From the SBA
• Personality Assessment
• Thomas-Kilman Conflict Mode - Test for negotiation personality.
• UMUC Assessment Options

Bankruptcy

• Bankruptcy Courts for the Central District of California - Includes rules, forms, and court locations for Ventura, Santa Barbara.
• Bankruptcy Guides
• Credit Repair
• US Trustee's Office - Discusses Bankruptcy and the new act; forms

Bar Associations and Professional Organizations

• American Bar Association
• American Trial Lawyers - ATLA
• CPA Law Society of Ventura County
• California State Bar
• Santa Barbara County Bar Association
• Ventura County Bar Association

Books

• RSS feeds for new items

Briefs

• Biotech Case Briefs
• Briefing - Another outline of the process of briefing a case.
• Briefing - Explanation of the briefing process and some examples.
• Briefs - Antitrust - Department of Justice Briefs
• Briefs of cases pending in the U.S. Supreme Court
• Case Briefs
• Government Briefs - From the Solicitor General's Office
• U.S. Supreme Court briefs in past cases

Business Plan

• Archives of Business Plans
• Business Plan Explanation
• SCORE Template
• Sample Business Plans

Careers & Jobs in Law

• Apprenticeships - Search for apprentice jobs - probably mostly trade jobs.
• Assessment - Personality assessment for compatibility of career choices
• Banking Regulation - Controller of the Currency - regulator of banks careers
• California - How to Get a California State Job
• Career One Stop - Nationally funded career and job bank.
• Career Private - Private site for career and job information
• Certified Fraud Examiner
• Construction
• Contract Linguists- FBI needs foreign language persons
• Court Interpreter - Federal - Federal Courts Interpreter needed
• Court Interpreter - State - Good part-time job for people who speak two or more languages; big demand
• Court Jobs - California
• Court Reporters
• Customs
• Dole - Careers at Dole
• FBI
• Federal Jobs
• IRS Careers
• Insurance - Jobs and careers with an insurance company.
• Insurance - Careers - Professional Association
• Intel - Careers at Intel
• Investment Representatives, FInancial Advisers - Securities - Education and Exams through the NYSE
• Journalism
• Law School Entrance Exam - LSAT
• Legal Secretaries
• Legal Secretary & Administrative - UCLA Extension has a legal secretary training program
• Real Estate Salesman/ Broker
• Paralegal - UCLA Attorney Assistant Training Program
• US Marshall
• Ventura County Bar - Classified - Positions Available - Not Used Very Much Yet
• Ventura County Superior Court

Case Studies

• Darden - UVA
• Harvard Business School Case Studies
• Stanford Case Studies

Civil Rights

• California Civil Rights Agency - California Department of Fair Employment and Housing
• Course with Links - History of Civil Rights Cases and Legislation; Commentary
• DOJ's Civil Rights Resources Manual
• Government Benefits
• Portal to Civil Rights Sites

-Companies

• At Edgar of the SEC
• Hoovers
• Lexis-Nexis - Through CSUCI library
• Portal to Search
• Telephone directory
• Yahoo Business

Congress and Legislation

• Congressional Legislation
• House of Representatives
• Senate

Constitutions and Constitutional Branches

US & California Constitution; Executive, Congress & Fed Courts; California Government

• California Constitution
• California Government
• California Self Help Portal
• Portal to Law
• State Constitutions - Historically
• The US Senate
• US Constitution - From the Museum in Philadelphia - interactive US constitution
• US House of Representatives
• US Supreme Court
• White House

Consumer Law

• Better Business Bureau
• Budget Planning - For credit control
• Complaint About a Bank
• Consumer Complaint - On line complaint form through California Department of Consumer Affairs
• Consumer Complaints - California AG's Consumer Complaint Portal
• Consumer Information - from the California AG
• Consumer Laws - California - Organized by Topics
• Consumer Resources
• Consumer Self Help
• Credit Information from the Federal Reserve Bank
• Credit Repair
• Do Not Call Registry
• FTC Consumer Complaint Form
• Identity Theft
• Insurance - Complaints and Information

Contracts - Due Diligence & Negotiation

• Agreements - Standard - State
• California Contracting
• Due Diligence - Example of due diligence for acquiring a company.
• Due Diligence - Checklists - buy checklists for due diligence
• Due Diligence Before Hiring a Construction Contractor
• License Look Up - California portal to sites to look to see if a person has a license.
• Negotiation - Harvard Program on Negotiation
• Negotiation Test
• Sample Contracts

Corporate Compliance

• Annual and Biannual Statements - California
• CT Corporation
• California Business Portal
• Fees California
• Foreign Corporation Registration - Any out of state corporation must register to transact business in California
• Forms - California
• LLC Forms - California

Corporate and LLC Formation

• California Business Portal
• Corporate Stock Issuance - Exemption Under Corp Code 25102(f)
• Fees - California
• Forms
• LLC Forms - Formation - California
• Name Availability - Corporation - California
• Name Availability - LLC - California
• Tax Compliance - Also see Taxation for Employer ID forms, sales tax, permit

Courts

• California Jury Instructions
• California State Courts
• Federal Courts Information - General discussion of federal courts from the Federal Judicial Center.
• US Courts
• US Supreme Court
• Understanding Federal Courts - Administrative office of the Courts Explanation
• Ventura County Superior Court

Criminal Law - Ethics

• Enron - from CNN
• Enron - the Aftermath
• Ethics Compliance and Mitigation - Sentencing Guidelines on the relation of ethics programs and criminal sentencing.
• Federal Crimes - List
• Federal Forms - Criminal (and Civil)
• Imclone
• Probation - Federal Probation - Explanation
• Reference Book for Federal District Court Judges - Scroll down Publications to Desk Reference - this manual describes how courts should deal with federal criminal procedure.
• Subpoena in a Criminal Case - Federal Criminal Subpoena - form.
• Victims of Crime - Help Book - From the California Attorney General
• Wall Street - List of characters and brief synopsis.
• Wall Street Movie Quotes
• Warrant - Application and Affidavit for Search Warrant
• Warrant - Search Warrant
• Warrant - Seizure Warrant
• Warrant for Arrest

Critical Thinking and Writing

• Critical Thinking - From Thompson Learning
• Critical Thinking - and Writing - Also from Thompson Learning. More directed at your assertions.
• Critical Thinking - Essay - University of Santa Clara
• Defining, from CriticalThinking.org
• Fallacies- Summary of typical argumentative fallacies
• Fallacies Listed
• From SJSU
• GRE Analytical Writing Standards
• Tricks
• Writing Guide

Current Legal News and Events

• CNN - Law Link at CNN
• CPAN
• Court TV
• Findlaw legal news

Disability

• California State Disability Insurance - Workers Benefit
• Disability Rights Organization - With materials and explanations; advocacy.
• Legal Rights of Persons with Disabilities - from California AG
• Opinion Letters on ADA Issues - From the Department of Justice
• Social Security Disability Application
• Tax Assistance and Credits for Persons with Disabilities
• Tax Credit Form for the Disabled or Elderly
• Tax Credits for the Disabled and Elderly
• US DOJ ADA Website - Law, Accommodations and Technical Assistance Manuals

Drafting Legal Documents

• Drafting Legal Documents - From the Federal Register
• Drafting SEC Disclosure Statements
• Opinion Letters

E-Commerce

• Spam
• Unsubscribe, Honoring

Elders

• Citizens Guide to Preventing and Reporting Elder Abuse - from the CA Attorney General

Employment

Benefits

• California Paid Family Leave Application
• California State Disability Application
• California State Disability Insurance
• California Unemployment Insurance Application
• Social Security

Contract Forms for Employment

• Sample Form Employment Agreements

Discrimination

• California Agency in Charge of Discrimination Complaints
• California Complaint Form
• EEOC - Federal Agency in Charge of Employment Discrimination Complaints

Regulation

• Family and Medical Leave Act
• OSHA - Cal OSHA
• OSHA Standards - Index
• OSHA for Small Business
• Portal
• Whistleblower
• Workers Compensation Insurance - Explained - go down page to find

Taxpayer ID for Employers; Other Requirements

• Apply for an Employer ID Number from the IRS
• California Employment Tax

Entrepreneurship

• Cal Tech/MIT Enterprise Forum
• Central Coast Research - Cal Poly's Research Park
• Santa Barbara
• Small Business Innovation Research
• Tech Coast Angels
• Tech Coast Venture Network
• Venture Capitalists - A Venture Capital Company, Garage

Environmental Law

• Cal Gold - Permits Required
• California Environmental Resources Evaluation System
• California Portal to Environmental and Natural Resources
• Environmental Protection Agency
• Environmental Resources Portal

Facts and Evidence

• Evidence - Federal - Federal rules, recent cases, and other materials
• Expert Witnesses - Search - LA County Bar
• Expert Witnesses - National Directory
• Expert Witnesses - Find
• Fact Finding on the Web - Guide and Portal to Facts on the Web
• Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence, 2nd - Federal Courts reference manual on scientific evidence - click on Publications - Evidence and then Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence 2nd

Forms

• Advanced Health Care Directive - The standard form for the Advanced Health Care Directive; provided by California's Attorney General.
• Buy Legal Forms - From Lexis
• Contracts - These are for examples and were actually used; I don't recommend using these without a lawyers advise.
• Contracts and General - Examples of forms; I provide this only for general information; you should not use these forms without specific legal advice.
• Court Forms - California
• EZ Forms - Fill out court forms online; from San Mateo but works with all California Courts.
• Federal Forms
• Real Estate - From Colorado
• SBA Forms
• Ventura County Court Forms
• Will - California Statutory Will

Globalization and International

• Country Briefings
• Exporting - Government Assistance
• Exporting and International Transactions - Assistance from the State of California
• International Assistance from California Secretary of State
• Portal
• State Department Portal to Global Info
• Translator
• World Fact book - Good analysis of each nation from your friends at the CIA.
• World Fact book

History of Law

• American History - Documentary Record - from 1492 to the present; chronological list of documents with links to the document.
• Ancient, Medieval and Renaissance Documents
• Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England
• Confederate States - Constitution and Papers
• Document Collections - Yale's Avalon Project Collections of Original Historical Documents
• European History - with documents
• Magna Carta
• Supreme Court Historical Society
• This Nation Historical Documents
• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Insurance and Risk

• California Insurance Commissioner - Portal to Guides and Other Information
• Consumer Complaints

Intellectual Property

• California Trademarks and Servicemarks
• Copyright.com - Licenses copyrighted materials.
• Fictitious Business Name
• Intellectual Property Pro Bono Services
• Internet Registry
• Law and Technology Journal
• Patent Video - Video shown to jurors in patent cases. - go to "Educational Programs" and click on "Patent Video"
• US Copyright Office
• US Patent and Trademark Office

Law Schools

• ABA Portal to Legal Education and a Law Career
• Cal Bar Law Schools
• Santa Barbara Ventura Colleges of Law
• UCLA Law School

Lawyering

• California State Bar Complaints Against Lawyers
• Fee Agreements - Samples - from the California State Bar.
• Fee Disputes - Mandatory Arbitration by Lawyers
• Find a Lawyer in Ventura County - Ventura County Bar's Lawyers Referral Service
• Finding, Hiring and Tips about Lawyers
• Hiring a Lawyer - General background information about hiring a lawyer.
• Lawyer Referral Search by County - Portal to County Bar Lawyer Referral Services
• Legal Research - How to do legal research from the UCLA Law School Library
• Personal Injury; Products Liability - Find a Lawyer - Find a lawyer through the American Trial Lawyers - Personal Injury Lawyers
• Portal to Lawyer Search Sites - ABA

Legal Research

• California Courts Self Help - Portal to legal information for self help.
• Fill out California Legal Forms
• Findlaw
• Legal Research - How to do legal research from the UCLA Law School library
• Lexis-Nexis - Through CSUCI Library
• Public Law Library
• Ventura County Law Library

California Law

• California Code of Regulations
• California Codes
• California Constitution
• California Rules of Court
• Cases
• Cases - Also go to findlaw.com
• Cases - Findlaw
• Ordinances - City of Los Angeles
• Ordinances and Local Codes

Federal Law

• 9th Circuit - Cases
• 9th Circuit - Cases, and Rules
• Cases - Supreme Court
• Code of Federal Regulations
• Federal - General Portal
• Federal Law General
• Federal Register
• Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
• US Code
• US Supreme Court - Recent opinions, rules, information

International

• By Country
• European Union

Legal Research Portals

• Findlaw
• Hieros Gamos

Secondary Sources

• Restatements of the Law - ALI
• Uniform Laws - From the Commissioners
• Uniform Laws - Drafts

Litigation

• Agent for Service of Process - California - Search of a company's agent for service of process
• Court Forms - California
• Forms - Fill Out for State Court
• Freedom Of Information Act - Federal
• Small Claims Court
• Witnesses - Locate persons

Movies and Related Sites

• Amistad - The Federal Judicial Center's history of the Amistad case.

Native Americans

• Statutes relating to Native Americans - Historical statutes.
• Treaties

Negotiation and Due Diligence

• Assessment of Conflict Personality - Thomas Kilman Conflict Assessment
• Negotiation
• Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School

Non-Profit Business and Charities

• Guide for Charities - From the California Attorney General

Opinion Letters

• ADA Opinion Letters from Department of Justice
• Opinion Letter on Base Closures Act

Oral Presentations and Discussions

• Meetings

People - Witnesses

• Characteristics - People Search
• Internet Address Finder - Phone number, internet or email
• People Search - from Yahoo
• Verizon phonebooks
• Zip Codes

Places

• Oxnard Performing Arts
• Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
• Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza

Products Liability

• Adverse Event Reporting - Medwatch - Report an adverse reaction to a drug, medical product.
• FDA Guidance for Product Recalls
• Food - Reporting food illness
• Food safety
• Medical Devices and Drugs - Buying online
• Patient Safety news from the FDA
• Products - Lists - Trial Lawyers List of Products Litigating About
• Products Liability Resource Center - Trail Lawyers resource center for Products Liability Actions
• Report a Problem with a Product - US FDA

Property

• Construction Advise - Contractors State License Board Consumer Advise, Complaints
• Contract Forms from Colorado
• CSUCI Site Authority
• Dole Spa
• Mortgage - Calculating the Mortgage you can Afford
• Property Forms - Stewart Title's property forms - click on Title Documents
• Real Estate Agreements
• Ventura County Assessor

Property - Personal Property Security

• UCC Connect - California
• Vehicle and Boat Registration - CA

Research & Experimentation

• Government Disclosure of R&D Expenditures

Sale of Goods - the UCC

• California UCC Connect
• FTC for the Consumer - Federal Trade Commission
• Weights and Measures

Scholarships - Financial Aid

• CSUCI Financial Aid and Scholarships
• Cal Grants
• FAFSA
• Gates Millenium Scholars
• Private advice
• Scholarship - Local - Scholarship Provided to Business Students from the Ventura CPA:Law
• Student Aid on the Web
• Tax Benefits for College - IRS Publication on Tax Deductions, Credits for College
• UPromise
• Scholarship - Local - Scholarship Provided to Business Students from the Ventura CPA:Law Society
• Ventura County Bar Association

Science and Law

• Government Science Portal
• Health and Human Services - Hippa - HIPPA - answers from US Department of Health and Human Services
• Medicine - National Institute of Health Library
• Medicine Plus - Medical explanations
• Medline - Portal to medical publications
• Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence, 2nd - Federal Courts reference manual on scientific evidence - click on Publications - Evidence and then Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence 2nd
• Science and Tech Resources - Portal to Other Sites

Service Learning

• Constitutional Rights Foundation - Service Learning
• Street Law
• Volunteer at the Ventura County Courts

Starting a Business - Entrepreneurship

• California Business Portal
• California Permits Required
• Economic Development Collaborative of Ventura County
• Explanations - National Scope
• Hiring a Lawyer
• IRS Guide for Small Business
• Insurance - Small Business Guide to Commercial Insurance - From California Insurance Commissioner
• Licensing - California Portal to professional Licenses
• Record Keeping - From the IRS
• SCORE - guide to start-up
• Sales and Use tax
• Sellers Permit - For sales tax collection
• Small Business Administration
• Starting a Business
• Starting a Food Business - Guidance from the US Food & Drug Administration
• Starting a Food Business - Agricultural -". . . any person engaged in the business of buying, receiving on consignment, soliciting for sale on commission, or negotiating the sale of farm products from a licensee or producer for resale shall be licensed . . ."
• Travel - Sellers - Required registration with AG

Taxation

• Beginning Business Taxes
• California Employer Registration Form - Most employers use this form
• California Employer tax forms
• California Franchise Tax Board - State Income Tax
• Employer ID Numbers - Federal
• Federal Tax
• Property Taxes
• Sales and Use Taxes - California
• Social Security Tax
• Tax Research Portal

Writing

• Bartleby's
• Briefs - How to write a brief
• Definitions of federal legal terms - From the Administrative Office of the Courts
• Dictionary - Merriam Webster Dictionary
• Dictionary - American Heritage Dictionary
• Dictionary - Legal terms
• Drafting Legal Documents
• GRE Analytical Writing
• Parables - Parables of Jesus
• Quotations - Bartlett's
• Quotations - Movies - Top 100 from the AFI
• Quotations 1950-1988 - Contemporary Quotations
• SEC Disclosure Forms - Writing them - Good explanation of writing in plain English
• Strunk's Elements of Style - Rules of grammar and usage.
• Style Manuals
• Thesaurus- Roget's Thesaurus II
• Translator
• Twain Quotes - Mark Twain's Quotes and Maxims