Information provided by the Better Business Bureau includes such papers as "Penny Stock Frauds", "Commodity Investments", "Financial Planning", "Fraud And Abuse In The Financial Planning Industry", "Gold And Silver Investments" and "Oil & Gas Investments and Frauds".

Information provided by the University of Cincinnati College of Law includes such information as: Securities Act of 1933, Securities Act Rules, Securities Act Forms, Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Exchange Act Rules, Exchange Act Forms, Regulation S-K, Regulation S-B, Regulation S-T and Regulation S-X.

NASD Regulation, Inc. is the independent subsidiary of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. charged with regulating the securities industry and the Nasdaq Stock MarketSM. Through its many departments and offices, NASD Regulation's jurisdiction extends to over 5,400 firms with more than 58,000 branch offices, and over 505,000 securities industry professionals. Its "What Investors Should Know" area has three very informative sections that all invetsors should read:
Invest Wisely. Topics include: "Selecting Your Broker", "Making An Investment", "The New Account Agreement", "The Investment Decision", "Protect Yourself" and "If You Have A Problem".
Investor Protection. Topics include: "Regulation Of Nasdaq-Listed Companies", "Monitoring The Market Regulation Of Securities Firms", "Regulation Of Securities Professionals" and "Arbitration Offers Alternatives To Courts".
Possibilities & Pitfalls: The Internet as an Investment Tool. Topics include: "A Powerful Resource ...", "But Users Beware!", "Only as Safe as You are Smart", "Protect Your Investments" and "Safe Surfing".

This site provides investors with the information they need to invest wisely and avoid securities fraud and abuse. Their specialists also research and provide information.
On-Line Publications
Ask Questions - Questions you should ask about your investments and the people who sell them to you and what to do if you run into problems.
Invest Wisely - How to choose a broker, pick an investment and look out for trouble.
Invest Wisely: An Introduction to Mutual Funds - How mutual funds work, factors to consider before investing and how to avoid common pitfalls.
"Investor Protection: Tips From An SEC Insider" - Remarks by Chairman Arthur Levitt at the Investors' Town Meeting, Washington, D.C., November 15, 1995.
What Every Investor Should Know - The essentials of investing.
About Settling Trades in Three Days: Introducing T+3 - Answers frequently asked questions about the new, shorter settlement cycle of 3 days.
Arbitration Procedures - Important information on resolving disputes against stockbrokers.
The Work Of The SEC - Describes the SEC's mission, the laws it enforces and how it works.
Q&A: Small Business and the SEC - How to take your small business public.
Investment Fraud and Abuse Travel to Cyberspace - Fraud is on-line and waiting for you.

The Stanford Clearinghouse offers investors, the judiciary, policymakers, and the media with a powerful new research tool that provides a deep and careful look into the workings of class action litigation. By digitizing and linking the full text of complaints, motions, judicial opinions, and other major class action filings into a Website with its own full-text search engine, the Stanford Clearinghouse offers information that is substantially more detailed and timely than can be found on other services which generally limit their databases to judicial decisions. By accessing this site, the public will be able to form its own opinion as to whether litigation is with or without merit, whether too few or too many companies are being sued, and whether recoveries are too small or too large.
Sections include:
Federal Securities Fraud Class Action Complaints
Retrieve full text of approximately 70 class action securities fraud complaints filed since the effective date of the 1995 Private Securities Litigation Reform Act. Links to stock quotes and charts are provided when available. Docket information is available for all cases from the Northern District of California.
Summaries and Analyses of Federal Complaints
Retrieve summaries and analyses of complaints arranged alphabetically by name of company sued, date of filing, and jurisdiction. Did the insiders allegedly trade? Are there allegations of false financial statements? Are underwriters or auditors named defendants?
Briefs and Pleadings
Complaints contain unproven allegations that may not be true. The full text of defendants' and plaintiffs' briefs and pleadings flesh out both sides of the story.
Opinions and Orders
Opinions and orders from U.S. District Courts and Courts of Appeals.
Docket Sheets
Docket sheets list all pleadings in a case. Docket sheets are available for all cases from the Northern District of California.
Settlement Related Documents
Retrieve full text of settlement notices and related class action settlement documents.
State Court Complaints
Information about state court complaints alleging securities fraud, with a particular emphasis on California proceedings.
Securities Litigation Reform: The First Year's Experience
A Statistical and Legal Analysis of Class Action Securities Fraud Litigation Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 by Joseph A. Grundfest and Michael A. Perino
Gateway to the SEC and Market Information
Access to the SEC's Edgar database and stock price performance information about companies named in securities class action complaints.

This site provides information regarding the law as it relates to the United States financial markets, stock brokers and investors. It assists investors and financial professionals in understanding their rights, duties and obligations, to each other, and to the markets, under the laws of the most highly regulated industry in the country. It is organized into five sections which are called "Information Centers". Each Information Center has articles and links of relevance to the particular topic. Each Information Center also has its own index and archive, which contains a listing of all documents that are available in the Information Center. Additionally, there is a search function available at each Information Center which will search the entire site by concept, or keyword.
The Information Centers are:
Arbitration, Brokers, Investors, Corporate Finance and Securities Law and Compliance.