LEGAL 5104

Business Organizations and Corporate Governance

Course Description

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2024-2025.

This course provides an overview of the different types of business organizations, including limited liability companies and partnerships, before focusing on corporations. The course will take a practical approach, covering key elements of corporate governance law in order to enable students to understand, anticipate and respond to the concerns of various stakeholders within their organization. Students will analyze the roles and duties of corporate directors, management and shareholders. Students will then apply the laws surrounding fiduciary duties and the business judgment rule to various simulated corporate transactions or decisions. Finally, students will assess how shareholder value is measured, including by looking at "benefit corporations" and how they differ from traditional corporations. Throughout the course, students will apply the course material to a series of hypothetical problems and proposed corporate actions. Accordingly, at the end of the course, students will have a toolkit

When Offered Fall, Spring, Summer.

Permission Note Enrollment limited to: to MSLS students.

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