COURT RULES, MODEL ACTS, JURY VERDICTS, BUSINESS
I. WESTLAW
A. Standard Search Strategies
B. Database Directory - Relevant Databases
Public Information, Records and Filings : Business & Corporate Filings
Public Information, Records and Filings : Securities Filings
SEC-ONLINE - SEC Corporate filings
Federal Materials:Experts, Jury Verdicts, Settlements & Judgments
atla-jv - ATLA Record - jury verdicts and settlements nationwide
ca-jv - California Jury Verdicts and Judgments
lrp-jv - Jury Verdict and Settlement Summaries
vst - Verdicts, Settlements and Tactics
Federal Materials : Practice Guides & Legal Texts
fed-ji - Federal Jury Practice and Instructions
Law Reviews, Legal Texts, Periodicals : Restatements and Uniform laws
ula - Uniform Laws Annotated
Federal Materials, Court Rules & Orders
us-rules- Federal Rules
usorders - Federal Orders
State Materials :Court Rules & Orders
rules-all -Local Federal Court Rules - all states
ctrules - Connecticut State and Local Federal Court Rules
C. Specific Search Strategies
Database - Field - see scope for format
atla-jv - use ra field to search by amount of award ra(val8)
fed-ji - use cite field for table of contents - ci(contents)
us-rules- use cite field to search specific rules - ci("s ct rule")
ula - - use cite field to search specific act ci("model penal code")
D. Sample Searches
SEC-ONLINE - na(netscape)
atla-jv - ra(val8)
fed-ji - ci(contents)
"peremptory challenge"
ula - ci("health care dec") and "living will"
ctrules - attorney /p sanctions
II. LEXIS
A. Standard Search Strategies
- to determine what Source contains
B. Source Directory - Relevant Sources
Area of Law - By Topic : Litigation : Forms
Secondary Legal:Matthew-Bender Treatises & Materials:Tax- Current Legal Forms with Tax Analysis
Public Records : Jury Verdicts & Settlements : Nationwide Jury Verdicts & Settlements
Association of Trial Lawyers of America Jury Verdicts and Settlements
Verdicts, Settlements and Tactics
Combined Jury Verdicts and Settlements
Public Records : Jury Verdicts & Settlements : Jury Verdicts & Settlements by State
CT Combined Jury Verdicts<
Federal Legal - U.S. : Court Rules : Individual Circuit Rules
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Federal Legal - U.S. : Court Rules : Individual Circuit Rules
Connecticut State and Local Federal Court Rules
Secondary Legal : Model Acts & Uniform Laws
Company & Financial
All Company Information - extensive information on individual companies
Public Records : Business & Corporation Information - incorporation information
Public Records : Uniform Commercial Code Lien Filings
Public Records : Judgments & Liens : Combined Judgments & Liens
Public Records : Real Property Records : Combined, Deed Transfers & Tax Assessor Records
C. Specific search strategies
Source type - Segment
Jury verdicts - use resultsegment to search by amt of award - result(> $1000000)
Court Rules - use section segment to search rule title - section(sanction!)
Company Information - use name segment for specific company - name(amazon.com)
Incorporation - use name segment for specific company - name(netscape)
UCC - use name or debtors segment - debtors(yale university)
Real Property records - use owner or name segment - name(lendl)
D. Sample Searches
Source Directory - forms
CT Combined Jury verdicts - result(> $1000000)
USCS - Federal Rules of Civil Procedure -unanno(attorney /s sanction!)
Connecticut Court Rules - section(sanction!)
All Company Information - name(amazon.com)
CT Incorp-name(netscape)
CT UCC - debtor(yale university)
CT Judgment and Liens - debtor(yale university)
CT Deeds & Transfers and Tax Assessors Records - name(lendl)
CA Deeds & Transfers and Tax Assessors Records - name(goldie and hawn)
