Business and Personal Law

Chapter 18: Business and Regulations

Reading Connection

  The American Bar Association's Web site provides information on a variety of legal topics.

http://www.abanet.org/

Nolo's Web site provides legal information for consumers and small businesses.

http://www.nolo.com/

The Legal Information Institute (LII) is a research and electronic publishing activity of the Cornell Law School. http://www.law.cornell.edu/

The mission of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is to “protect investors, maintain fair, orderly, and efficient markets, and facilitate capital formation.”

http://www.sec.gov/

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is responsible for protecting human health and the environment.

http://www.epa.gov/

The U.S. Department of Energy's mission is to “advance the national, economic, and energy security of the United States ; to promote scientific and technological innovation in support of that mission; and to ensure the environmental cleanup of the national nuclear weapons complex.” Its Web site has a special link for consumers and another for students.

http://www.energy.gov/

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission regulates electricity and natural gas.

http://www.ferc.gov/

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Web site provides information about the licensing, constructing, and opening of nuclear power plants.

http://www.nrc.gov/