A compendium of links that may be of interest to the legal community
To find an expert, to verify credentials, or to expose an expert witness as a "Hired Gun":
Links to expert web sites compiled by Northern California Association of Law Libraries at http://www.nocall.org/experts.htm
National Directory of Expert Witnesses at http://www.claims.com
Medical Expert - Search the Medline Article abstract database at http://www.nlm.nih.gov
National Expert Transcript Service at http://www.netscripts.com/index.htm
Expert witness network at http://www.witness.net
To find background information on a company:
Hoover's prepares company reports available at http://www.hoovers.com
The Department of Justice Antitrust Division offers full texts of selected antitrust case filings, appellate briefs, congressional testimonies. press releases. etc from December 1994 onward.
http://www.usdoj.gov/atrThe US Patent and Trademarks Office offers databases of pending and registered US patents and trademarks
http://www.uspto.govThe IBM Intellectual Property Network offers patents from the U.S., Japan, Europe and the World Intellectual Property Orgnization.
http://www.patents.ibm.comThe Venture Capital Survey offers a searchable database of U.S. companies that have received venture capital funding over the past year.
http://www.mercurycenter.com/svtech/companies/moneytree/index.shtmlYahoo offers company profiles from Market Guide at http://biz.yahoo.com/news
Tradingday offers stock quotes, charts, financial news and analyst recommendations.
http://www.tradingday.comOffshore Business News and Research provides offshore busines information on companies and individuals operating in countries where independent and accurate information is difficult to obtain. Available at http://www.offshorebusiness.com
View documents filed with the SEC at http://www.sec.gov/edgarhp.htm
http://www.freeedgar.com
http://www.10kwizard.comObtain copies of a public company's annual report at http://www.prars.com
Obtain daily e-mail for publicly traded companies on new patents, SEC filings, earnings estimates, discussion group postings, stock quotes, analyst ratings, new trademarks, insider trades. job postings, press releases, business news and short interest at http://www.companysleuth.com
Obtain case summaries, names,
dockets, judgments, claims, creditors and charges, stack multiple searches, and combine federal and state search results on one report. at http://www.courtlink.comObtain information on foreign companies.
http://www.kompass.comObtain information on high-tech companies.
http://www.corptech.comObtain information on computer and internet companies.
http://www.companyfinder.com
To find people and information on people
Telephone directories and reverse directories at http://www.anywho.com
http://www.switchboard.com http://www.whowhere.com
http://adp.infousa.com http://in-100.infospace.com/_1_165337325_info/reverse.htm
http://www.worldpages.comEmail addresses at
http://www.iaf.net
http://people.yahoo.comFederal Campaign contributions at http://www.tray.com/fecinfo
Find graves at
http://www.findagrave.comObtain federal prisioner information at http://www.bop.gov
Verify professional licenses in Florida at http://fcn.state.fl.us/dbpr/
Locate high school alumni at http://www.classmates.com
Obtain public record information at http://www.knowx.com
Verify social security numbers at http://www.informus.com/ssnlkup.html
Obtain vital records on a state by state basis at http://www.vitalrec.com/index.html