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Researching Regulations

Prepare for PracticeSpring 2015

Today’s Topics

Introduction and OverviewRhode Island RegulationsMassachusetts RegulationsFederal Regulations

Introduction & Overview

What is a regulation?An official rule or order, having legal force, usu.

issued by an administrative agency. Black’s Law Dictionary, 10th Edition (2014)

What is the basis for agency regulation?Statute

Court case

Executive order

Rhode Island Regulatory Publications

Rhode Island Regulatory Publications

Rhode Island Government Register Print

Lexis

Internet: Proposed Rules (http://sos.ri.gov/ProposedRules)

Code of Rhode Island Rules Print

BloombergLaw

Lexis

Westlaw

Internet: Final Rules (http://sos.ri.gov/rules/)

Rhode Island Secondary Sources

Rhode Island Government Owner’s Manual (annual)KFR421.A152 R46

Rhode Island Top Agencies (http://www.ri.gov/guide/)

Exercise 1: Finding Rhode Island Regulations in Print

Exercise 2: Finding Rhode Island

Regulations on the Internet

Massachusetts Regulatory Publications

Massachusetts Regulatory Publications

Massachusetts Register Print

Lexis

Code of Massachusetts Regulations Print

Lexis

Westlaw

Social Law Library

Massachusetts Trial Court Law Libraries (http://www.mass.gov/courts/case-legal-res/law-lib/laws-by-source/cmr/)

Finding Aid: Index to the CMR

Massachusetts Secondary Sources

Handbook of Legal Research in Mass., Ch. 6 Sources for specific topics

covered in chapter 11

Cella, Administrative Law & Practice (Massachusetts Practice)

Manual for the Use of the General CourtKFM5221.A152 M36

Exercise 3: Finding

Massachusetts Regulations on the

Internet

Congress Passes a Law (or President issues an order, etc.)

Agency issues a Regulation

Regulation published in the Federal Register

Regulation codified in the Code of Federal Regulations

LATER: Tested in agency decisions and judicial review.

Federal Regulatory Process: In Brief

Federal Regulatory Publications

Compare: Federal Register & Code of Federal Regulations

Code of Federal Regulations

By Subject

Revised annually each calendar year and issued on a quarterly basis approximately as follows: Title 1 to Title 16.....as of January 1

Title 17 to Title 27......as of April 1

Title 28 to Title 41.....as of July 1

Title 42 to Title 50.....as of October 1

Federal Register Chronological

Published daily, except weekends and federal holidays

Contents: Federal Register & Code of Federal Regulations

Federal Register Notices

Meetings

Rulings

Requests for Comments

Proposals

Proposed Regulations/Rules

Final Regulations/Rules

Executive Documents

Code of Federal Regulations Final Regulations/Rules

Executive Documents

Federal Regulatory Publications: Availability

Federal Register Print

Bloomberg Law

Lexis

Westlaw

HeinOnline

Internet: FDSys

Internet: FederalRegister.gov *

Code of Federal Regulations Print

Bloomberg Law

Lexis

Westlaw

HeinOnline

Internet: FDSys

Internet: Cornell LII

Internet: eCFR.gov *

Finding Aids: CFR Index & Finding Aids; West’s Index to the CFR

Federal Updating Tool

Print

HeinOnline

FDSys

Federal Secondary Sources

Research Guides Georgetown Law Library

Specialized Legal Research

Agency Information U.S. Government Manual

http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS2410

Federal Regulatory Directory

Federal Yellow Book

Agency Websites

Research Strategies

By CitationUsing Secondary SourcesBy Agency By Enabling LegislationBy Subject

CFR Index & Finding Aids

CFR Index: Table of Contents

By Agency: Agency Prepared Indexes

By Agency: List of Agencies

By Enabling Legislation: Parallel Table of Authorities and Rules

15 U.S.C. 1639 12 C.F.R. Part 226

ASIDE: CFR Citations

For example: 17 CFR 240.14a-16

Title 17Part 240Section 240.14a-16

By Subject: List of CFR Titles, Chapters, Subchapters, and Parts

By Subject: Using an Index

Search the IndexLocate and read relevant regulation(s)

Note the source, authority, related regulations

Update the CFR LSA: List of CFR Sections Affected CFR Parts Affected (within Federal Register) Online

Review updated regulations Federal Register

Find cases citing CFR sections

Exercise 4: Finding and

Updating Federal Regulations in Print

Exercise 5: Updating Federal

Regulations on Lexis Advance

Demo 1: Finding Regulations

on Lexis Advance

Exercise 6: Updating Federal

Regulations on WestlawNext

Demo 2: Finding Regulations on

WestlawNext

Demo 3: Finding Regulations

on Bloomberg Law

Demo 4: Finding Federal Regulations on

HeinOnline

In Summary: Federal Regulatory Research Online

Bloomberg Law

Lexis Westlaw

HeinOnline

FDSys

Cornell

Index West Index CFR Index

TOC Y Y Y Y Y Y

Parallel Table of Authorities

Y Y Y

LSA Y Y

PDF Y Y

Check validity

Search by citation Shepardize Keycite

The End