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Business Organizations

Commentaries and Cases on the Law of Business Organization

Second Edition
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William T. Allen, New York University Reinier Kraakman, Harvard University Law School Guhan Subramanian, Harvard University Law School
2007. 768 pages. ISBN: 978-0-7355-6313-1. With Teachers Manual and PowerPoint slides and 2007-2008 Statutory Supplement. Author website: www.aspenlawschool.com/allen2

Updated throughout, the Second Edition continues to make the economic underpinnings of corporate law understandable and engaging. The distinguished team of authors William T. Allen and Reinier Kraakman, joined in the second edition by Guhan Subramanian clearly explains sophisticated concepts while providing context and perspective to enhance understanding.
This highly accessible casebook retains the features that made it successful. The authors:
draw upon the experiences of use examples, hypos, and

Statutory Supplement Commentaries and Cases on the Law of Business Organizations

20072008 Statutory Supplement

William T. Allen, former Chancellor of the Delaware Court of Chancery, to add a unique realworld perspective to the book employ a logical and flexible organization that allows chapters to be taught out of order to accommodate alternative teaching approaches use clear and concisely written introductions and transitional text to provide context and perspective facilitate teaching and understanding through rich commentary in the form of explanatory notes draw upon both classic and important recent cases and select and edit them to maximum effect use the economic analysis perspective, presented through clear and consistent explanatory text, as a coherent theme for the course and a useful analytic tool for evaluating business models

diagrams to illustrate conceptual and theoretical models provide a Teachers Manual that includes detailed guidance for structuring the course, case analyses, and answers to questions raised in the book. Additional PowerPoint slides provide case summaries and raise cutting-edge and interesting points
The Second Edition has been updated throughout, and it:
provides more connections to

William T. Allen, New York University Reinier Kraakman, Harvard University Law School Guhan Subramanian, Harvard University Law School
2007. 624 pages. Paperback. ISBN: 978-0-7355-6432-9.

the recent empirical literature on various topics includes additional problems as well as recent cases, such as Disney and Omnicare introduces a new feature: Sidebars that provide brief biographies or additional facts that add color to the cases being examined (e.g., biographies of Eldbridge Gerry, Frank Lorenzo, and Sumner Redstone, and an exploration of the business motives behind Timberlands philanthropic program)

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Business Organizations

Business Entities
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Author Website
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electronic version of the 2007 annual supplement new developments section updates materials since publication author edited favorite cases for classroom use

Eric A. Chiappinelli, Seattle University

2006. 888 pages. ISBN: 978-0-7355-2614-3. With Teachers Manual and included CD-ROM. Author website: www.BusinessEntitiesOnline.com

Now a casebook covers the business forms instructors teach more and more not only corporations, but agencies, partnerships, and LLCs. Business Entities provides everything you need to give your students a comprehensive and current examination of the field.
When you review this offering, be sure to notice:
its comprehensive, succinct the extremely useful Teachers

coverage of corporations, LLCs, partnerships, and agencies in a concise text specifically designed for the three- or four-hour single-term course the completely up-to-date content; 95% of the cases are from the 1990s or 2000s (over half were decided after 1996) and all agency references are to Restatement 3rd of Agency (2006) the enriched, accessible content and approach, using a studentfriendly writing style and a real-world, practical focus in examples, notes, and problems the expertise of distinguished author Eric A. Chiappinelli, who has received numerous teaching awards and has taught, written, and practiced extensively in business entities, M&A, securities regulation, and civil procedure

Manual, with suggested syllabi (including suggestions for using the text to focus on all entities, some entities, or corporations alone), teaching notes and discussion pointers, lists of supplemental materials, and examination and paper suggestions for each chapter
Unique pedagogical features make the book distinctly flexible:
You Draft It exercises are

Case Supplement Business Associations

2008-2009 Edition, With Commentary

Eric A. Chiappinelli, Seattle University

2008. Approx. 800 pages. Paperback. ISBN: 978-0-7355-7230-0.

NEW

taken directly from the documents at issue in the case to guide students in thinking through the legal implications of the drafters original language Current Setting sections introduce core legal principles, while Background and Context sections allow deeper exploration an innovative note structure includes Reality Check, Suppose, and What Do You Think? sections, allowing students to test and extend their understanding as they explore the nature and implications of the principles at issue

Corporate Law
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Robert Charles Clark, Harvard University

1986. 880 pages. ISBN: 0-316-14494-0.

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Business Organizations

Cases and Materials on Corporations

Seventh Edition
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Summary of Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Basic Norms and Duties for Management of Corporations Chapter 3. An Introduction to Corporate Finance Chapter 4. Forming the Corporation Chapter 5. Corporate Disclosure and Securities Fraud Chapter 6. Voting and Corporate Control Chapter 7. Business Organization for the Smaller Enterprise: Partnerships, Close Corporations, Limited Liability Companies, and Other Non-Corporate Forms Chapter 8. Shareholders Suits Chapter 9. Corporate Acquisitions, Takeovers, and Control Transactions

REVISED

Jesse H. Choper, University of California at Berkeley John C. Coffee, Columbia University Ronald J. Gilson, Stanford University and Columbia University
2008. Approx. 1,280 pages. ISBN: 978-0-7355-7034-4.

Cases and Materials on Corporations has long been the choice of instructors who want a rich and challenging casebook with in-depth coverage of both public and closely held corporations. Now in its Seventh Edition, this traditionally organized casebook continues to prove itself to be an invaluable teaching tool.
Time and classroom tested and authored by leading thinkers in Corporate Law, Cases and Materials on Corporations offers:
traditional casebook pedagogy

New to the Seventh Edition:

a number of new main cases

text notes, statutory material, excerpted commentary, problems, questions, and edited cases all meticulously chosen and edited by this outstanding author team richness and depth a range of thoroughly developed topics allows instructors to delve into topics with as much depth as they wish a strong introductory chapter that develops the underpinnings for the course the authors expertly delineate the significant characteristics of a corporation: limited liability, perpetual existence, free transferability, and centralized management a framework that examines corporate responsibility the authors scrutinize corporate law in the context of the corporations responsibilities to its own constituents and investors, as well as to society

that have been recently decided, including In re Walt Disney Co. Derivative Litigation Stone v. Ritter

Effectively used to teach generations of law students, Cases and Materials on Corporations, Seventh Edition, remains the choice for instructors who want a sophisticated, in-depth presentation of Corporate Law.

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Business Organizations

Corporations
Second Edition
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Mergers, Acquisitions, and Buyouts, January 2008

A Transactional Analysis of the Governing Tax, Legal, and Accounting Considerations PRACTITIONER TITLE*

James D. Cox, Duke University Thomas Lee Hazen, University of North Carolina
2003. 840 pages. Paperback. ISBN: 978-0-7355-2598-6.

In Corporations, Second Edition, students benefit from the same expertise trusted by attorneys in the upper echelons of Corporate Law. As the names behind one of the foremost corporate law references, this author team brings unmatched insight and authority to the introductory text. Their analysis of major cases sets the standard for the field. Their scholarship clarifies the larger economic and policy issues underlying corporate law. At the same time, their clear, succinct explanations make this text readily accessible to beginning law students with no business or economics background.
Written by two of the fields leading authorities, this definitive text offers:
a superb introduction to corporate law providing authoritative coverage of the standard course topics, terminology, and cases along with insightful discussions of related economic, theoretical, and policy issues where appropriate an accessible presentation by noted scholars combining the expertise and analyses of two leading authorities in an introductory text requiring no business or economics background recent cases, new discussions of unincorporated forms of business, insightful explanations of such news-making issues as corporate governance and director liabilities, and increased coverage of LLCs and LLPs

Martin D. Ginsburg, Georgetown University, and Of Counsel to Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, LLP Jack S. Levin, University of Chicago, Harvard University, and Senior Partner with Kirkland & Ellis, LLP
2008. Four volumes. 4,568 pages. Paperback. ISBN: 978-0-7355-7532-5.

When instructing students on structuring Mergers and Acquisitions, there's only one way to be sure that they learn about all the tax and legal consequences: rely on Martin D. Ginsburg and Jack S. Levin as you educate your students on planning and executing the best strategies. In this 4-volume print set these expert practitioners offer:
step-by-step methods for struc-

turing transactions, with tax, SEC, Corporate, HSR, accounting, and other considerations new legislation, regulations, rulings, and court decisions impacting M&A transactions checklists, flow charts, and other at-a-glance practice materials

Whether you represent the buyer, the seller, or another interested party, you can go straight to a model stock or asset purchase agreement that provides:
a complete document structured

to embody your client's interest

clauses addressing a wide variety

of specific situations specific language for even the smallest variations you're likely to encounter includes CD-ROM containing Model agreements
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Business Organizations

Business Basics for Law Students

Fourth Edition
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Corporate Finance and the Securities Law

Fourth Edition
PRACTITIONER TITLE*

Charles J. Johnson, Jr., Esq. and Joseph McLaughlin, Esq.

2006. Looseleaf. ISBN: 978-0-7355-6310-0.

Robert W. Hamilton, University of Texas Richard A. Booth, Villanova University

2006. 574 pages. Paperback. ISBN: 978-0-7355-5744-4.

To supply the background law students need to succeed in businessrelated courses such as accounting, economics, real estate, tax, business organizations, and finance try the text known for its effectiveness, edition after edition. Business Basics for Law Students, Fourth Edition, explains the mechanics, concepts, and legal context of business topics in exceptionally clear and accessible language.
The book demystifies business principles through:
the combined skills of distin-

Corporate Finance and the Securities Laws has been winning over practitioners with its clear how to do it approach ever since its publication in 1990. This acclaimed guide is now completely updated in this Fourth Edition to help you meet the challenges of raising capital in today's increasingly regulated marketplace. Written in plain English by two top experts in the field each with literally hundreds of successful deals under his belt this go to resource explains the mechanics of corporate finance together with the statutes that govern each type of deal.
You'll receive expert analysis, procedural guidance, and practical pointers every step of the way to help you:
structure all types of deals

Thoroughly updated to respond to recent developments, the Fourth Edition features:

new material on recent scandals and reforms in the chapters on accounting, forms of organization, trading, and mutual funds the latest information on executive compensation extensive revisions to the chapters on tax and retirement planning, in light of recent and proposed reforms, especially in connection with Social Security an expanded chapter on insurance that now includes health insurance, auto insurance, and more new material on spinoffs and other divisive reorganization in the chapter on mergers, as well as discussion of taxable and tax-free transactions new coverage of securities regulation, antitrust, intellectual property law, and international business transactions integrated throughout the text

Table of Contents

guished authors who draw on their teaching and writing experience to build student confidence straightforward explanations of daunting topics (accounting, financial statements, taxes, mortgages, etc.) tailored to students without a business background generous use of examples to convey ideas and applications a helpful list of terms in the appendix, conveniently keyed to the pages where they are used and explained frequent use of visual aids, such as tax forms, newspaper financial quotes, tables, and graphs an accessible design featuring lists of topics keyed to headings at the beginning of each chapter, key terms and concepts bolded for easy identification, and frequent use of lists to clearly enumerate points and examples

from public, private, and offshore offerings to corporate debt restructurings, commercial paper programs, and asset-based securities transactions root out problems before deals are put in motion, with heads-up input on prohibited practices, potential liabilities, conflicts of interest, due diligence concerns, and other red-flag issues shepherd transactions through the regulatory process with a clear understanding of applicable statutes and their implications in real-life situations know what to do when problems crop up and find clear answers to the countless questions that develop in the course of a deal close deals in a timely manner and work shoulder to shoulder with clients to accomplish your objectives

1. Overview of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Integrated Disclosure System 2. Syndicate Procedures and Underwriting Documents 3. Selected issues in the Registration and Distribution Process 4. Manipulative Practices and the Market Activities During Distributions 5. Liabilities and Due Diligence 6. Rules of the Self-Regulatory Organizations 7. Private Placements 8. Shelf Registrations (Rule 45) 9. International Financings 10. Commercial Paper 11. Innovative Financing Techniques 12. Convertible, Exchangeable, and Linked Securities; Warrants 13. Transaction with Securityholders: Stock Repurchases, Debt Restructuring and Right Offerings 14. Asset-Backed Securities

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Business Organizations

Agency, Partnerships, and LLCs

Examples & Explanations
REVISED

Summary of Contents
Part I: Agency Chapter 1. Introductory Concepts in the Law of Agency Chapter 2. Binding Principals to Third Parties in Contract and Through Information Chapter 3. Binding the Principal in Tort Chapter 4. Duties and Obligations of Agents and Principals to Each Other and to Third Parties Chapter 5. Termination of the Agency Relationship Chapter 6. Distinguishing Agency from Other Relationships Part II: Partnerships Chapter 7. Introductory Concepts in the Law of General Partnerships Chapter 8. Financial Aspects of a General Partnership (Creation and Operation) Chapter 9. Management Issues and Fiduciary Duties Chapter 10. The Power to Bind the Partnership Chapter 11. Partner Dissociation and Partnership Dissolution Part III: Limited Liability Entities Chapter 12. Limited Partnerships Chapter 13. Introductory Concepts in the History and Law of Limited Liability Companies Chapter 14. Creating the LLC Chapter 15. Structuring the LLC - Management, Fiduciary Duty, and Finances Chapter 16. Cutting-Edge Issues for Limited Liability Companies Chapter 17.Limited Liability Partnerships and Limited Liability Limited Partnerships

Third Edition
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Daniel S. Kleinberger, William Mitchell College of Law, Co-reporter for the Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act
2008. Approx. 552 pages. Paperback. ISBN: 978-0-7355-5856-4. Author website: www.aspenlawschool.com/kleinberger3

The new edition of this successful paperback continues to be an ancillary you can depend on to provide students with a firm understanding of the essential concepts and key issues involved in this complex area of law. Updated and revised, Agency, Partnerships, and LLCs: Examples & Explanations, Third Edition, delivers the latest information in the proven-effective Examples & Explanations format.
The proven assets of this E&E include:
clear, accessible, and engaging

Updated and revised, the Third Edition offers:

extensive and in-depth treat-

text that makes terms and concepts easier to understand effective use of visual aids, such as diagrams and charts, to enhance and expand the text well-crafted examples pique student interest and curiosity emphasis on areas that traditionally give students the most difficulty

ment of limited liability companies (LLCs) and limited liability partnerships (LLPs), including an integrated discussion of the newly adopted Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act updated agency materials that fully integrate the recently finalized Restatement (Third) of Agency refined coverage of general partnership law to reflect the ascendancy of the Revised Uniform Partnership Act (RUPA) revised coverage of limited partnership law to reflect the increasing acceptance of the 2001 version of the Uniform Limited Partnership Act

When your students need assistance in understanding the complexities of this challenging area of the law, you can recommend or require Agency, Partnerships, and LLCs: Examples & Explanations, Third Edition, with confidence.

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Business Organizations

Cases and Materials on Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions

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Structuring Venture Capital, Private Equity, and Entrepreneurial Transactions

2007 Edition
PRACTITIONER TITLE*

Peter V. Letsou, Willamette University

2006. 912 pages. ISBN: 978-0-7355-5066-7. With Teachers Manual.

Jack S. Levin, University of Chicago, Harvard University, and Senior Partner with Kirkland & Ellis, LLP
2007. 1,300 pages. Paperback. ISBN: 978-0-7355-6679-8.

If you want to fully integrate the federal securities laws and edited disclosure documents into your next course on mergers and acquisitions, this new casebook will meet your needs. Relying heavily on primary materials, Cases and Materials on Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions is a conceptually organized casebook that emphasizes the impact of corporate and securities laws on the negotiation, structure, and approval of this important category of business transactions.
When you review this new casebook, be sure to notice that it offers:
comprehensive and focused

The latest edition of Structuring Venture Capital, Private Equity and Entrepreneurial Transactions, is the most complete resource to use when instructing students on the best ways of minimizing tax liability and other liabilities, maximize clients returns, and avoid a myriad of legal pitfalls. You'll find a dynamic transaction-by-transaction approach, offering unparalleled coverage of the tax, SEC, corporate, accounting, HSR, bankruptcy and economic consequences of every type of transaction.
Capitalize on Mr. Levin's proven strategies to:
select the best business entity,

To augment the primary materials and put them in context:

extensive original text, notes,

coverage of the corporate and securities laws aspects of M & A transactions complete materials on federal securities regulation integrated with related state law provisions, rather than relegated to discrete chapters, to make the connections more apparent to students edited versions of state and federal statutes, rules, regulations, and forms reproduced in the corresponding section of the casebook instead of in separate unedited supplements heavy use of edited filings under the federal securities laws to give students greater familiarity with the business transactions and to provide examples of the documents students will prepare in practice extensive state and federal case selections edited to retain transactional detail

diagrams, and questions

whether C or S corporation, partnership, or LLC demand and design economically suitable, tax-wise securities, including common and preferred stock, subordinated debentures, convertibles, warrants, or options obtain the most favorable tax rate choose the most advantageous form for an acquisition to minimize the seller's tax and maximize the buyer's asset tax basis and more

Structuring Venture Capital, Private Equity and Entrepreneurial Transactions is one-step-at-atime, start-to-finish structural guidance for common business transactions:
venture capital financing new business start-ups brains-and-money deals growth-equity investments leveraged and management

buyouts
industry consolidations troubled company workouts

and reorganizations
going public selling a business forming a private equity fund

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Business Organizations

Corporations and Other Business Associations

Cases and Materials

Corporations
Examples & Explanations

Fifth Edition
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Fifth Edition
CASEBOOK SERIES

Alan R. Palmiter, Wake Forest University

2006. 720 pages. Paperback. ISBN: 978-0-7355-5666-9.

Charles R. T. OKelley, University of Georgia Robert B. Thompson, Vanderbilt University

2006. 1,168 pages. ISBN: 978-0-7355-5790-1. With Teachers Manual. Author website: http://law.vanderbilt.edu/ faculty/thompson/corpcasebook/

Sophisticated, comprehensive, teachable, Corporations and Other Business Associations: Cases and Materials, Fifth Edition, reflects major developments in the Corporate Law environment while remaining accessible to students.
The authors retain the features that earned the book widespread adoption:
a careful balance of theory,

This practical and straightforward guide has earned its enduring popularity by demystifying Corporate Law for students who do not have a business background. Corporations: Examples & Explanations, Fifth Edition, presents a full review of the legal issues that arise in modern corporations.
Instructors know they can recommend this text with confidence because it:
follows the proven Examples &

Other notable changes:

additional attention to agency law and setting the stage for contrasting private ordering via contract and law in defining business relationships new, more teachable cases that present basic issues discussion of the menu of governance choices in a post-Enron world broader focus to include the New York Stock Exchange listing standards regarding director duties and key recent Delaware cases like Disney completely updated material on LLCs, including a new subchapter coverage of appraisal versus fiduciary duty for friendly acquisitions addresses the new importance of disclosure as the leading regulatory vehicle for corporate governance as reflected in new case law on causation under Rule 10b-5 updated chapter on Insider Trading includes recent developments as to Regulation FD

This timely revision offers a great deal of new material:

Delaware updates, including

cases, and problems allows law and economic theory to enrich but not dominate the casebook excellent and ample problems at the end of each chapter flexible organization readable, straightforward writing the strongest treatment of LLCs/LLPs and other business associations available comprehensive Teachers Manual includes sample syllabi and a transition guide
The Fifth Edition focuses on two major developments in the law:
proliferation of new business

entities and resulting changes in partnership and LLC law the aftermath of Enron, WorldCom, and Sarbanes-Oxley, including detailed coverage of changes in the landscape of corporate governance, particularly federal regulation via securities law, stock exchange listing standards, and state law cases such as Disney

Statutory Supplement Corporations and Other Business Associations

Selected Statutes, Rules, and Forms 2008 Statutory Supplement

Explanations method, with each section providing a short account of the topic, followed by a variety of concrete examples and explanations that reinforce and give substance to the key rules and concepts has a well-established reputation for effectiveness as one of the bestselling ancillaries in corporate law for more than 15 years provides comprehensive course support, including all the topics that are typically covered in a corporations or business organizations class presents statutes and cases in context, with examples illustrating the interplay of law and business is sensibly organized according to the principal legal topics in corporate law, namely formation of the corporation, shareholder voting rights, corporate fiduciary duties, shareholder liquidity rights, closely held corporations, protection of corporate creditors, and fundamental corporate changes uses helpful visual aids, such as tables and diagrams, throughout the book to facilitate learning

new cases on duty of good faith, the direct/derivative distinction, duty of disclosure, inspection rights, and the definition of independent director, as well as statutory developments more comprehensive coverage of Sarbanes-Oxley: overview of regulation of accounting/audit activities, NYSE/Nasdaq corporate governance listing requirements, rules on lawyer up the ladder responsibilities, implications of prohibition against executive loans, CEO/CFO certification of internal controls, and disgorgement of stock-based compensation after financial restatements recent insider trading cases, such as SEC v. Yun on personal benefit and SEC v. Martha Stewart on material nonpublic information new tables for Sarbanes-Oxley provisions and for the choice of organization form (comparing partnerships, LLCs and corporations) new and updated examples and explanations

Corporations NEW
Cases and Materials CASEBOOK SERIES

Charles R. T. OKelley, University of Georgia Robert B. Thompson, Vanderbilt University

2008. Approx. 1,100 pages. Paperback. ISBN: 978-0-7355-7211-9.

Joel Seligman, President, University of Rochester

1995. 1,344 pages. ISBN: 978-0-7355-1698-4. With Teachers Manual.

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Business Organizations

Business Organizations
Cases, Problems, and Case Studies

Summary of Contents
Chapter 1. Agency Chapter 2. Partnerships Chapter 3. Limited Liability Companies Chapter 4. Organization and Structure of a Corporation Chapter 5. Financial Rights of Shareholders Chapter 6. Control of the Closely Held Firm Chapter 7. Oppression of Minority Shareholders Chapter 8. Control of the Publicly Held Firm Chapter 9. Duty of Care Chapter 10. Duty of Loyalty Chapter 11. Litigation to Enforce Directors Duties Chapter 12. Friendly Mergers and Acquisitions Chapter 13. Defending Against Hostile Takeovers Chapter 14. Disclosure, Fraud, and Insider Trading Table of Cases Index

Second Edition
CASEBOOK SERIES

D. Gordon Smith, Brigham Young University Cynthia A. Williams, University of Illinois

2008. Approx. 888 pages. ISBN: 978-0-7355-7140-2. With Teachers Manual. Author website: www.bizorgs.com

REVISED

Reflecting changes in the structure of contemporary business enterprise, Business Organizations: Cases, Problems, and Case Studies, now in a Second Edition, uses case law, problems, and case studies to examine the role and purview of law in real-life business transactions.
This innovative casebook offers:
clear descriptions of the

development and current state of the law up-to-date cases that feature interesting facts, as well as the major must-know cases coverage of both modern business structures and growth industries engaging business-school-style case studiesbased on real eventsencourage in-depth analysis of the application of legal principles in business transactions, and include: extensive facts about the situation and businesses involved excerpts from transactional and litigation documents short problems that follow selected topics test students understanding of material covered separate chapters devoted to limited liability companies and federal securities regulation, including:

detailed case study of Enron and its role in shaping the Sarbanes-Oxley Act a rich selection of teaching resources on a password-protected author website: additional transactional and litigation documents related to the cases in the book PowerPoints that cover the entire casebook regular updates a detailed and up-to-date Teachers Manual
New to the Second Edition:
updated materials on Shareholder Proposals revised coverage of directors duties, including the Disney case and Stone v. Ritter Tooley v. Donaldson on direct versus derivative claims new chapter focusing on limited liability companies integration of the Restatement (Third) of Agency into Chapter 1

Author Website
www.bizorgs.com
on-line teaching materials including PowerPoint slides professors blog containing posts and links relating to Business Organizations: Cases, Problems, and Case Studies

A wealth of materials, both in the casebook and on the authors password-protected website, gives you an almost unlimited ability to expand or deepen you exploration of specific topics.

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