This research guide will introduce you to many of the basic print and electronic corporation resources available to the Penn Law community. While there are many specialized areas of corporate research, such as mergers and acquisitions, which can be included within this guide, more focused assistance is perhaps best left to the Biddle reference staff.
To perform corporate research, as is the case with other areas of legal research, it is best to begin with secondary materials such as treatises, journal articles, and looseleaf services. Secondary authority may allow you to identify relevant primary authority, such as statutes, cases, and regulations. Secondary authority is also invaluable in providing a framework, which explain and analyze relevant primary authority.
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