State Materials

Create a 50-state survey on topics in the following areas: banking & consumer finance, healthcare, blue sky/securities, labor & employment, corporate & tax, patents, data security & privacy.

State Health Law Topical Surveys.

"Provides an overall view of some of the most sought-after and controversial legal topics in the United States. Users are able to make basic state-by-state comparisons of current state laws."

Identifies "thousands of articles, books, government documents, looseleaf services, court opinions and Internet sites that compare state laws on hundreds of subjects."

"Comparison of states' treatment of topical issues, linked to governing provisions on Lexis and prefaced by an examination of federal context and state themes."

Select practice area, topic, jurisdiction and question.

"Provides access to state and federal regulations, covering topics such as records retention, rules for sweepstakes, and privacy and protection of personal finance information, and numerous others."

"Provides access to state and federal statutes, covering topics of law such as garnishment, attachment and judgment execution requirements, durable powers of attorney, cancellation and nonrenewal of insurance policies and premiums, and numerous others."

Identify laws across jurisdictions on a specific legal topic with a custom search optimized by Westlaw's legal index taxonomy.

Jurisdictional comparison tool. "Build and customize your own charts from scratch. Quickly discover, review and compare information across multiple jurisdictions."

Smart charts are located in the Practice Tools section of a particular practice area.