Adoption

Adoption Law in the U.S.

• Adoption Law Overview – Wex

Adoption law is largely state law. The parent-child relationship established by adoption, however, may have direct consequences in areas of Federal law affected by family status such as Social Security. All 50 states have statutes governing adoption as defined under the Uniform Adoption Act.

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Advertising

Advertising Law

• ADLaw by Request

Adlaw By Request delivers bi-weekly, up-to-date coverage of new developments affecting the advertising industry and provides a legal perspective on the significance of these developments

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Antitrust & Competition

Antitrust Law – USA

• Antitrust Law – Wex

Trusts and monopolies are concentrations of wealth in the hands of a few. Such conglomerations of economic resources are thought to be injurious to the public and individuals because such trusts minimize, if not obliterate normal marketplace competition, and yield undesirable price controls. These, in turn, cause markets to stagnate and sap individual initiative.

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Aviation

Aviation Law

Aviation law is the branch of law that concerns flight, air travel, and associated legal and business concerns. Some of its area of concern overlaps that of admiralty law and in many cases, aviation law is considered a matter of international law due to the nature of air travel.

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Banking Law

Banking Law – US Resources

• ABA Section of Business Law – Banking Law

This Committee offers attorneys of diverse backgrounds common meeting ground to educate themselves and update their knowledge, as well as to exchange ideas search for issues regarding the representation of financial institutions.

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Bankruptcy

Bankruptcy

• Bankruptcy Glossary

Adversary Proceeding; Assets; Assume; Automatic Stay; Bankruptcy Administrator; Bankruptcy Code; Bankruptcy Court; Bankruptcy Estate; Bankruptcy Judge; Bankruptcy Petition; Bankruptcy Trustee; Bankruptcy; Business Bankruptcy; Confirmation; Consumer Bankruptcy; Consumer Debtor; Consumer Debts; Contested Matter; Contingent Claim; Credit Counseling; Creditor; Current Monthly Income; Debtor Education; Debtor; Debtors Plan; Defendant; Discharge…

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Child Abduction

Child Abduction – U.S.

• Child Abduction

Child abduction is the abduction or kidnapping of a child (or baby) by an older person. Several distinct forms of child abduction exist: i) A stranger removes a child for criminal purposes: for child sexual abuse, torture, or murder, for extortion, to elicit a ransom from the child’s caretakers. ii) A stranger removes a child, usually a baby, with the intent to rear the child as their own. iii) A parent removes or retains a child from the other parent’s care (often in the course of or after divorce proceedings).

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Children Rights

Children Rights

• ABA – Children’s Rights Litigation Committee

The Children’s Rights Litigation Committee was created by the Section of Litigation to address the vast underrepresentation of children in all aspects of the legal system. The Committee endeavors to increase the number of children’s legal projects and pro bono attorneys to represent children, along with providing training materials and programs in order to assist advocates in providing the highest quality of representation for children.

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Commercial Law

Commercial Law – USA

• Commercial Law – Wex

Commercial law governs the broad areas of business, commerce, and consumer transactions. Specific law has developed in a number of commercial fields.

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Consumer Law

Consumer Resources

• Consumer Action

During its more than three decades, Consumer Action has continued to serve consumers nationwide by advancing consumer rights, referring consumers to complaint-handling agencies through our free hotline, publishing educational materials, advocating for consumers in the media and before lawmakers, and comparing prices on credit cards, bank accounts and long distance services.

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Corporate and Business Law

Corporate and Business Law

• ABA Section of Business Law

The Mission of the Section is to serve the public, the profession and the Section by furthering the development and improvement of business law, educating Section members in business law and related professional responsibilities, and helping Section members to serve their clients competently, efficiently and professionally.

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Criminal Law

Criminal Law – Overview

• Criminal Law – An Overview by Wex

Criminal law involves prosecution by the government of a person for an act that has been classified as a crime. Civil cases, on the other hand, involve individuals and organizations seeking to resolve legal disputes. In a criminal case, the state, through a prosecutor, initiates the suit, while in a civil case the victim brings the suit. Persons convicted of a crime may be incarcerated, fined, or both. However, persons found liable in a civil case may only have to give up property or pay money, but are not incarcerated.

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DUI & DWI

DUI/DWI in the US

• Driving Under the Influence – Wikipedia

Driving under the influence of alcohol (driving while intoxicated, drunk driving, drinking and driving, drink-driving) or other drugs, is the act of operating a motor vehicle (and even a bicycle, boat or horse in some jurisdictions) after having consumed alcohol, to the degree that mental and motor skills are impaired. It is a crime or offense in most countries around the world.

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Education

Education Law – USA

• Center for Law and Education Overview

The Center for Law and Education (CLE) strives to make the right of all students to quality education a reality throughout the nation and to help enable communities to address their own public education problems effectively, with an emphasis on assistance to low-income students and communities. For more than a quarter of a century, the Center for Law and Education has worked to bring about school- and district-wide change across the country in order to improve educational outcomes, particularly for low-income students

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Discrimination Law

Employment Discrimination Law – USA

• Age Discrimination in Employment Act – Wikipedia

The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, Pub. L. No. 90-202, 81 Stat. 602 (Dec. 15, 1967), codified as Chapter 14 of Title 29 of the United States Code, 29 U.S.C. § 621 through 29 U.S.C. § 634 (ADEA), prohibits employment discrimination against persons 40 years of age or older in the United States (see 29 U.S.C. § 631(a)). The law also sets standards for pensions and benefits provided by employers and requires that information about the needs of older workers be provided to the general public.

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Environmental Law

Supranational Organizations

• Asia Foundation

Asia’s ecosystems and the clean air, water, food, disease management, climate regulation, economic livelihood, and natural beauty they provide, are fundamental to the health and prosperity of all Asians today and for generations to come.

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Estate and Trust

Estate and Trust

• Estates and Trust – Wikipedia

The law of trusts and estates is generally considered the body of law which governs the management of personal affairs and the disposition of property of an individual in anticipation of the event of such person’s incapacity or death, also known as the law of successions in civil law. Its techniques are also used to fulfill the wishes of philanthropic bequests or gifts through the creation, maintenance and supervision of charitable trusts. In some jurisdictions, such as the United States, it overlaps with the area that has come to be known as elder law that deals not only with estate planning but other issues that face the elderly, such as home care, long term care insurance or social security or disability benefits.

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Immigration Law

Immigration Law – USA

• Green Card

This section of the USCIS Website provides information and directions necessary to apply for lawful permanent residence (LPR), or “green cards”.

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Intellectual Property

Intellectual Property Overview

• Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)

EFF fights to preserve balance and ensure that the Internet and digital technologies continue to empower a consumer, creator, innovator, scholar, and citizen.

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Patent Law

Patent Law – International

• Patent Law – People’s Republic of China

Adopted at the Fourth Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Sixth National People’s Congress on March 12, 1984 and amended in accordance with the Decision by the 27th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Seventh National People’s Congress on Amending the Patent Law of the People’s Republic of China on September 4, 1992.

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Real Estate Law

Property and Real Estate Law in the U.S.

• American Bar Associations Guide to Home Ownership

Theres more to owning a home than saving up for a down payment. Just as a house has a frame to support the walls and keep the roof overhead, it also has a legal framework of rights and duties that can keep your dream of property ownership from crashing in on your head. This book is designed to help you understand that legal framework and answer some questions you might have. It can also help you avoid legal problems and work through problems that might arise.

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Trademark Law

Trademark Law – International

• International Trademark Association

The International Trademark Association (INTA) is a not-for-profit membership association of more than 5,500 trademark owners and professionals, from more than 190 countries, dedicated to the support and advancement of trademarks and related intellectual property as elements of fair and effective national and international commerce.

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Taxation Law

Taxation Law

• Estate Tax
• Forbes: Legal and Tax News
• Income tax
• Multistate Tax Commission

The Multistate Tax Commission is an intergovernmental state tax agency working on behalf of states and taxpayers to administer, equitably and efficiently, tax laws that apply to multistate and multinational enterprises.

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