Try the _Directory of Corporate Affiliations_ -- don't know how much it
is in paper. Which DIALOG file are you using? There's one specifically
for corporate affiliations, and this is probably cheaper than retrieving
and printing multiple records from a business directory. It'll also save
money to connect to DIALOG directly (if you know how are are willing to
learn how to search) -- Westlaw charges a premium om top of DIALOG's
search charges. Let me know if you need more info.
Dave James
Irell & Manella
1800 Avenue of the Stars
Los Angeles, CA 90067
(310) 203-7926
djames@netcom.com
On Sat, 9 Apr 1994 RGLAZIER@delphi.com wrote:
> I am with a plaintiffs' personal injury firm. When a client comes in the
> office, explaining that they were hurt by the negligence of Corporation X,
> it is sometimes easy to figure how which corporation to sue. However,
> sometimes what the client describes as "Corporation X" is in fact a large
> number of corporations, linked together by part of the name and by partial
> ownership interests.
> To determine which corporation is the one to be sued, we have used D&B
> accessed through Westlaw. This allows us to print out a detailed corporate
> family tree, which is very helpful. However, the cost is enormous. Each
> corporation which is part of the family trees costs $8.00 to retrieve. Since
> there can be hundreds of corporations within a family tree, the bill for one
> search can easily top $2,000.
> Is there a way--either on-line or in hard copy--to obtain this
>
> information more cheaply. We need to conduct these searches only a
> few time a year, but it seems a waste to spend this much money.
>
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