LAW 6055

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LAW 6055
In-House Lawyers: Day-to-Day, Deals and Managing a Crisis

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2022-2023.

This course will cover the day-to-day function of in-house counsel as well as the role played by in-house counsel in extraordinary situations such as financings, significant litigation, government investigations and transformative transactions. Topics will include relations with the CEO, board of directors and significant shareholders, intellectual property strategy and defense, transformative transactions and financings, developing high quality compliance and risk management policies and procedures, significant litigation and government investigations, business conduct and crisis management.  These topics cover many substantive areas as well as ethical, business, policy and reputational concerns.  This course will address the skills necessary to navigate these issues.

When Offered Spring.

Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: LAW 6131 and LAW 6572 or LAW 7159 or LAW 7160 or LAW 7166 or LAW 7169 or LAW 7174 or LAW 7175 or LAW 7176.

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Syllabi:

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Graded

  • 16540 LAW 6055   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: Distance Learning-Synchronous
    Class will be streamed from NYTech.

    Department Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi:

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Graded

  • 16539 LAW 6055   LEC 031

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Taught in NYC. Enrollment Limited to Cornell Tech LLM and JD students only. Non-Law Master's Cornell Tech students eligible with instructor permission. This section is taught at the NY Tech campus.