Law School for Everyone: Corporate Law

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Corporations are inextricably linked with our lives. They produce amazing products. They sell us basic food and necessities. They employ us and pay our salaries. But sometimes, they can have a darker side. Professor Biography......Page 3 Table of Contents......Page 5 Course Scope......Page 7 Lecture 1–Questions and Conflicts in Corporate Law......Page 9 Starting a Corporation......Page 10 Academic Questions......Page 11 Key Players......Page 12 Standoffs......Page 13 Dodge v. Ford Motor Company......Page 14 The Court’s Ruling......Page 15 Conclusion......Page 16 Lecture 2–Corporations and Their Agents......Page 17 Overview of Agency......Page 18 Agency-Relationship Lawsuits......Page 19 Torts......Page 20 Binding the Principal to a Third Party......Page 21 Fiduciary Duties......Page 22 The Beginning of Corporations......Page 24 The Process Today......Page 25 Alternatives......Page 26 Limited Liability in the Corporate Context......Page 28 What Can a Corporation Do?......Page 29 Corporate Controversy: Philanthropy......Page 30 Corporate Controversy: Politics......Page 31 Lecture 4–Boards of Directors and the Duty of Care......Page 33 Kamin v. American Express Company......Page 34 Smith v. Van Gorkom......Page 36 Van Gorkom’s Actions......Page 37 After the Decision......Page 38 Lecture 5–Business Opportunities and the Duty of Loyalty......Page 40 Implications of the Duty of Loyalty......Page 41 The Corporate Opportunity Doctrine......Page 42 In re eBay, Inc. Shareholders Litigation......Page 43 Goldman Sachs and eBay......Page 45 Lecture 6–Executive Pay and the Duty of Good Faith......Page 47 Background on the Duty of Good Faith......Page 48 Executive Compensation and the Duty of Good Faith......Page 49 Other Measures......Page 51 Corporate Activity......Page 52 Shareholders and Representatives......Page 54 Types of Shareholder Lawsuits......Page 55 Decisions on Pursuing Claims......Page 56 Excusing the Demand Requirement......Page 57 Board Delegation......Page 58 The Oracle Case......Page 59 Lecture 8–Securities Regulation and Fraud......Page 61 The Early 1930s......Page 62 Rule 10b-5......Page 63 Private Right of Action......Page 65 Lecture 9–Insider Trading Laws and Their Complexities......Page 67 Securities and Exchange Commission v. Texas Gulf Sulphur......Page 68 Chiarella v. United States......Page 69 Tipper-Tippee Insider Trading......Page 70 Dirks v. Securities and Exchange Commission in Court......Page 71 Personal Benefits......Page 72 Misappropriation......Page 73 Lecture 10–Corporate Control Battles and the Law......Page 75 Fights in Small Firms......Page 76 A Circus Disaster......Page 77 The Groups Go to Court......Page 78 Proxy Fights......Page 79 The Shareholder Proposal......Page 80 Lecture 11–Corporate Law of Mergers and Acquisitions......Page 83 Business Synergies......Page 84 Structuring a Merger......Page 85 Appraisal Rights......Page 86 The De Facto Merger Doctrine......Page 87 Freezeout Mergers......Page 88 Dealing with Freezeouts......Page 89 Lecture 12–Hostile Takeovers, Defenses, and the Future......Page 91 Background on Unocal Corp. v. Mesa Petroleum Co.......Page 92 Unocal’s Response......Page 93 The Case in Court......Page 94 Background on Revlon, Inc. v. MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings, Inc.......Page 96 Poison Pills......Page 97 Perelman Sues......Page 98 Quiz......Page 99 Bibliography......Page 106 Quiz Answers......Page 112 Image Credits......Page 119