One of my favorite reference books for this type of question is the
Directory of Corporate Affiliations. It doesn't work for every entity
and sometimes I have to supplement the info with a Dun & Bradstreet
report. But the set is definitely worth the cost.
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. Jane Metz, Assistant Librarian jmetz@netcom.com .
. McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen 415-393-2198 .
. 3 Embarcadero Center 415-393-2286 fax .
. San Francisco, CA 94111 .
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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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