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Deep Web Legal Due-Diligence Resources
Corporate Organization
Name
Hoovers
URL
EDGAR Company Filings
Slideshare
https://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/companysearch.html
http://www.slideshare.net/
http://www.hoovers.com/
Cost
Free
Search/Premium
Information
Public
Public
Presentations
The Company
Name
Manta
Yahoo Finance
PR Newswire
Library of Congress
UCC Filings
URL
http://www.manta.com/
http://finance.yahoo.com/
http://www.prnewswire.com/
http://www.loc.gov/rr/business/company/industry_surveys.html
State by state access only. Examples:
New York
http://appext20.dos.ny.gov/pls/ucc_public/web_search.main_frame
Cost
Public
Public
Public
Public
Public
depending on
State
California (non-subscriber)
https://uccconnect.sos.ca.gov/acct/acct-login.asp
BBB
http://publicrecords.onlinesearches.com/view/lid/159269
Public
Securities and Public Reports
Name
Corporate
Information.com
EDGAR Company Filings
Moody’s
URL
http://www.corporateinformation.com/
https://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/companysearch.html
https://www.moodys.com/
Cost
Public
Public
Registration
Required - Free
Financial, Accounting Matters and Reports
Name
NASDAQ
Dun & Bradstreet
EDGAR Company Filings
URL
http://www.nasdaq.com/
http://www.dnb.com/
https://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/companysearch.html
Cost
Public
Free to Search
Public
Assets and Properties
Name
Motor Vehicle
Registrations
Aircraft Registrations
URL
http://www.dmv.org/driving-records.php - choose state.
Cost
Premium
http://www.faa.gov/
Public
Contracts
Name
USA Spending
URL
https://www.usaspending.gov/Pages/Default.aspx
Cost
Public
Intellectual Property
Name
USPTO
Google Patents
European Patent office
WIPO
U.S. Copyright Office
Domain Name Search
URL
http://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/searchpatents
https://www.google.com/?tbm=pts&gws_rd=ssl
http://www.epo.org/searching/free/espacenet.html
http://www.wipo.int/trademarks/en/
http://www.copyright.gov/
http://whois.domaintools.com/
Cost
Public
Public
Public
Public
Public
Public
Personnel and Employment Matters
Name
PeekYou
URL
EDGAR Company Filings
https://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/companysearch.html
http://www.peekyou.com/work
Cost
Public – not
perfect
Public
Litigation
Name
KnowX
URL
Lexis Nexis
Justia
Stanford Law School
http://www.lexisnexis.com/en-us/gateway.page
https://www.justia.com/
http://securities.stanford.edu/
https://www.knowx.com/index.jsp
Cost
Free
Search/Premium
reports
Premium
Public
Public