The Small Business Center is the business licensing division of the City of Chicago’s Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection and the City’s “one-stop-shop” for business licensing, public way use permitting, and connecting entrepreneurs to business resources.
Columbia Law School’s blog on corporations and capital markets. Posts cover law topics related to corporate governance; finance and economics; mergers & acquisitions; securities regulation; and the Dodd-Frank Act.
From ALM Publishing, a weekly electronic newsletter that provides news, analysis, case summaries and reporting on the most important developments in Delaware corporate law.
Summarizes recent Delaware decisions (primarily from the Delaware Chancery Court and Delaware Supreme Court) dealing with corporate and commercial law.
Maintained by the Illinois Attorney General's Office, this site contains links to information on reporting requirements, rules, and statutes related to charitable organizations, as well as the forms necessary for registering and reporting under Illinois law.
The Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity created this page as a clearinghouse of information for entrepreneurs on starting a new business in Illinois.
Includes online renewal forms and downloadable forms for Illinois corporations and limited liability companies, as well as a searchable database of Illinois business organizations.
Part of Cornell's Legal Information Institute site, this page contains links to the Corporations statutes from all 50 states plus the District of Columbia.
Part of Cornell's Legal Information Institute site, the Uniform Business and Financial Law Locator allows you to find the original text of business-related Uniform Laws as well as citations to and texts of corresponding state laws. Includes the Uniform Limited Liability Company Act, the Uniform Limited Partnership Act, and the Uniform Partnership Act.
In most states, the Secretary of State's office is responsible for corporate registration. Find contact information and links to the Web site for each state's Secretary of State from this Web site's membership roster.