Larry Cata Backer - Professor of Law

Corporate Law

This course primarily addresses organization and operation of commercial organizations in the Anglo-American community. Preliminarily, sole proprietorships and partnerships are considered, after which corporations-for-profit are emphasized with some attention to business trusts and non-profit corporations. In the corporate context, duties of promoters, directors, officers, and other insiders are considered. Availability in the U.S. of the derivative action is treated in terms of both unincorporated and corporate forms of organization. Also treated are the basics of securities regulation at the federal and state levels in the U.S. and the provincial level in Canada. Prerequisite for Business Planning, Securities Regulation, State Securities Regulation, and Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures. Prerequisite for Taxation of Corporations and Shareholders. Syllabus

Fall 2004 Exam, Spring 2004 Exam, Fall 2003 Exam, Fall 2002 Exam, Fall 2001 Exam

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