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The following databases are newly acquired or being evaluated for a future subscription.
Lex Machina This link opens in a new window
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Lex Machina provides strategic litigation analytics about courts, judges, lawyers, law firms, and parties. Currently covering 21 specific practice areas, it offers information on resolutions, timing, findings, damages, and remedies. Data is compiled, cleaned, and enhanced by a combination of machine learning and in-house experts. Included are analytics for Federal District Courts, Federal Appellate Courts, certain specialty venues, and an expanding list of state courts. Create a personal account (BC email address required) at https://law.lexmachina.com/enterprise/bc.edu
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Covering over 500 different cases, this collection puts a concentrated focus on key issues that continue to occupy the American social and political landscape, such as reproductive rights, gun ownership laws, incarceration and the rights of prisoners, environmental policy, and more. (BC access)
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Primary source content and editorial perspectives of the significant African American newspapers in the U.S. Each of the eleven Historical Black Newspapers provides access to information typically excluded or marginalized in mainstream sources. Includes articles, obituaries, photos, editorials, and more. Titles include: Chicago Defender, The Baltimore Afro-American, New York Amsterdam News, Pittsburgh Courier, Los Angeles Sentinel, Atlanta Daily World, The Norfolk Journal and Guide, The Philadelphia Tribune, Cleveland Call and Post, and Michigan Chronicle. (BC Access)

ProQuest Regulatory Insight This link opens in a new window
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As a companion to Legislative Insight, Regulatory Insight offers U.S. federal administrative law histories beginning in 1936, organized by federal statute and Executive Order. The scope of coverage is ongoing. Consult the product libguide at: https://proquest.libguides.com/reginsight/about for information about current coverage.
Taxes in Europe This link opens in a new window
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Taxes in Europe database is the European Commission's on-line information tool covering the main taxes in force in the EU Member States, containing information on around 650 taxes, as provided to the European Commission by the Ministries of Finance of the EU Member States. Access is free for all users.
TheCorporateCounsel.net This link opens in a new window
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TheCorporateCounsel.net is an educational service that provides practical guidance on legal issues involving corporate and securities regulation and corporate governance practices - as well as many other areas affecting today's corporate practitioner. The site features news, specialized topic areas, sample documents and law firm memos. An e-mail newsletter is also available. (Password Access)
Water Rights & Resources (HeinOnline) This link opens in a new window
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Focuses on legal issues surrounding access to and the delivery of water, the various uses for water from hydropower to agriculture to drinking water, and how climate change exacerbates historical tensions over who has access to water for what purposes. Includes documents on the effects of the Clean Water Act, and other government documents, reports, and legislative histories, as well as books, scholarly articles and more.
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