Corporate & Securities Law Research

Updated by Fred Dingledy and Cara Boekeloo
October 2009

Jump to:

• Books
• Journal Articles
• Looseleaf Services & Newspapers
• W&M Databases
• Worldwide Web Resources
• Associations

Books

Library Catalog

To search for books, journals, and audiovisual materials held by William & Mary libraries, use the online catalog.

Search Tips:

• Subject Queries--
  
  • Antitrust law--United States
  • Commercial Law
  • Consolidation and merger of corporations--United States
  • Corporations--Finance--United States
  • Corporation law--United States
  • Directors of corporations--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States
  • Securities--United States
  • Securities and Disclosure
• Remember that individual jurisdictions can be searched, e.g. corporations and Virginia, or securities and Virginia

Library of Congress Call Numbers for Corporations and Securities Law: KF1384 to KF1439. Browse the shelves under these call numbers to locate relevant treatises.

To search for materials from other libraries, use the Worldcat database on FirstSearch.

Other Libraries - Links to other libraries and library catalogs available through the web.

Selected Treatises

• Areeda, Phillip. Antitrust Law: An Analysis of Antitrust Principles and Their Application. 3rd ed.
• KF1649 A76 2006
• Bainbridge, Stephen M. Corporate Law.
  KF1416 B35 2009 (Reserve)
• Balotti, R. Franklin and Jesse A. Finkelstein. The Delaware Law of Corporations & Business Organizations. 3rd ed.
  KFD213 B35 1998
• Bloomenthal, Harold S. Securities Law Handbook. 2008-2009 ed.
  KF1439 B55 2008-2009
  Westlaw: SECLAW-HB
• Bloomenthal, Harold S. and Samuel Wolff. Securities and Federal Corporate Law. 2nd ed.
  KF1439 S4 v.3 1998
  Westlaw: SECFEDCORP
• Blumberg, Phillip I., et al. Blumberg on Corporate Groups. 2nd ed.
  KF1465 B59 2005
• Brown, Gary M. Soderquist on the Securities Laws. 5th ed.
  KF1440 S63 2006
  Lexis: PLI;USECL 
• Cox, James D., and Thomas Lee Hazen. Cox and Hazen on Corporations.
  KF1414 C69 2003 (Reserve)
• Gevurtz, Franklin A. Corporation Law.
  KF1414 G48 2000 (Reserve)
• Haas, Jeffrey J. Corporate Finance in a Nutshell.
  KF1428 Z9 H22 2004 (Reserve)
• Hamilton, Robert W. The Law of Corporations in a Nutshell. 5th ed.
  KF1414.3 H35 2000 (Reserve)
• Hazen, Thomas Lee. The Law of Securities Regulation. 6th ed.
  KF1439 H39 2009 (Reserve)
• Johnson, Charles J., and Joseph McLaughlin. Corporate Finance and the Securities Laws. 3rd ed.
  KF1428 J58 2004
• Knepper, William E., and Dan A. Bailey. Liability of Corporate Officers and Directors. 7th ed.
  KF1423 K58 2002
  Lexis: MATBEN;LCOROD 
• Loss, Louis, and Joel Seligman. Fundamentals of Securities Regulation. 5th ed.
  KF1439 L6 2004
• Loss, Louis, Joel Seligman, and Troy Paredes. Securities Regulation. 4th ed [i.e., 5th].
  KF1070 L62 2006
  
• Oesterle, Dale A. Mergers and Acquisitions in a Nutshell. 2nd ed.
  KF1417 Z9 O34 2006 (Reserve)
• Smiddy, Linda O. and Lawrence A. Cunningham. Soderquist on Corporate Law and Practice. 3rd ed.
  KF1414 S57 2007
• Thompson, Robert B. O'Neal and Thompson's Close Corporations and LLCs: Law and Practice. Rev. 3rd ed.
  KF1466 O52 2004
  Westlaw: CCORPLLC

Journal Articles

Indexes to Journal Articles
LegalTrac  

Subject Queries--

• Acquisitions and mergers
• Antitrust law--interpretation and construction
• Antitrust law--litigation
• Corporate Directors--laws, regulations, etc
• Corporate Directors--litigation
• Corporation Law--interpretation and construction
• Corporation Law--litigation
• Corporation Law--practice
• Corporations--Finance
• Corporations--Finance--laws, regulations, etc.--United States
• Securities law--interpretation and construction
• Securities--United States
• Tort Liability of corporations

Indexes articles from nearly 900 legal journals, bar association publications, law reviews, and legal newspapers. Includes book reviews. Options for accessing this index include:

Print: Current Legal Index Coverage: 1980-Present. Updated daily. Location: Reference (Index Table)

Online: 1981-Present. Updated daily.  

The Business Lawyer (LAWREV;BUSLAW)
Columbia Business Law Review (LAWREV;COLBUS)
Delaware Journal of Corporate Law (LAWREV;DELJCL)
Fordham Journal of Corporate and Financial Law (LAWREV;FJCFL)
Securities Law Review Articles (LAWREV;SECLR)

Business Organizations - Law Reviews, Texts & Bar Journals (BUS-TP)
Securities and Blue Sky Law - Law Reviews, Texts & Bar Journals (SEC-TP)
Delaware Journal of Corporate Law (DELJCL)
Journal of Corporation Law (JCORPL)
Business Lawyer (BUSLAW)
Texts & Periodicals- All Law Reviews, Texts, and Bar Journals (TP-ALL)
Journals and Law Reviews (JLR)

Looseleaf Services & Newsletters

BNA Topical Services & Reporters

• Corporate Accountability & Fraud Daily
• Corporate Accountability Report (weekly).
• Corporate Counsel Weekly
• Securities Law Daily
• Securities Regulation and Law Report (weekly).

• LawTrio (Legal Looseleafs in Print and Legal Newsletters in Print)

W&M Databases

Corporate Law Library (Legal > Area of Law - By Topic > Corporate) –
Includes links to searchable sub-directories:

• Cases
• Company and Financial Information
• Corporate Governance Materials (includes treatises and FINRA disciplinary actions)
• Directories
• Law Reviews and Journal Publications
• News
• Public Records
• SEC Filings
• Statutes and Legislative Materials
• Treatises and Analytic Materials

Securities Law Library (Legal > Area of Law - By Topic > Securities)
Includes links to searchable sub-directories:

• Analysis of Emerging Issues
• Cases and Court Rules
• Company and Financial Information
• Industry and Company Reports
• Materials from the SEC and other administrative agencies (actions, regulations, etc.)
• News
• SEC Filings
• Self-Regulatory Organizations Information (e.g., FINRA)
• Statutes and Legislative Materials
• Treatises, Analytic Materials, and Law Reviews and Journals

Business organizations news and information (includes numerous business law journals) (BUS-TP) - contains treatises, law reviews, and encyclopedia articles relevant to business law.

Securities Regulation practice area materials, including statutes and Legislative history (FSEC-ALL) - contains cases, statutes, regulations, and actions by agencies such as NASD and NYSE.

Administrative law (FSEC-ADMIN) - contains actions and manuals from various agencies such as the SEC, NASD, and NYSE.

Securities public records and filings (EDGAR) - filings the SEC requires all publicly-traded companies to make.

Blue Sky Statutes and Regulations Combined (BLUESKY-COMBINED) - state statutes and regulations regarding securities law.

West Group Securities Law Series Online (SECSERIES) contains a number of West treatises on securities law.

CCH Business (part of CCH IntelliConnect)
This web-based research site contains several CCH case reporting services, including the CCH Federal Securities Law Reporter, The Antitrust and Trade Regulation Reporter, and the Blue Sky Reporter. This database also contains relevant statutes and treatises on corporate and securities law.

BNA's Corporate Governance Library
Includes a manual on corporate governance law, database of relevant statutes, and news on recent developments in corporate governance law.

BNA's Corporate Practice Library
Includes a collection of BNA Portfolios, reports on various legal topics related to corporate law, as well as relevant statutes and news of recent developments in corporate law.

World Wide Web Resources

Legal Research Sites

FindLaw Corporate Counsel Center
A free search engine, resource directory, and news center for corporate legal matters. Also provides links to specific business and securities sites.

Official Sites
Business.gov -- Business Law
The section of the Small Business Administration's website contains legal and regulatory information for small businesses.

LawSource
This is a good general gateway to state government websites and state corporation and securities bureaus.

Securities and Exchange Commision
This is the official gateway to SEC information. Includes abundant links to private and industry sites, regulation actions, and securities litigation.

State and Local Government on the Net
You can connect with state government departments concerned with registration and regulation of corporations and securities here.

Associations

Association of Corporate Counsel
A national association of in-house counsel which is noted for its aggressive cost containment programs and, increasingly, for lobbying for rmuneration for house counsel that meet or exceed typical compensation for outside counsel.

International Capital Market Association
This group does for the international securities market what the NASD does for the US market. Self-regulatory information and more, focused mainly on Europe.

Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)
Formerly known as the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD). The association for and regulator of securities dealers, as distinct from the stock exchanges. Significant self policing and customer arbitration efforts originate with FINRA.

International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO)
An association of national securities regulators. Good site to find the regulator for a particular country.

National Securities Clearing Corporation
This entity is the inter dealer cooperative through which buys and sells are cleared at the end of each trading session.

North American Securities Administrators Association
This organization focuses on state securities agencies and investors and offers information on blue sky laws and protection from securities fraud.

Other associations may be found in the Encyclopedia of Associations.