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Business Law: Commercial Transactions & Licensing
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Business Law: Finance: Banking & Bankruptcy
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Business Law: Finance: Capital Markets, Financial Reporting, Corporate Governance
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Business Law: Media, Entertainment, Sports
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Business Law: Venture/Entrepreneurship
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Criminal Law: International Criminal Law & Immigration Law
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Health Law: Life Science Research Institutions & Companies
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Intellectual Property: Computer Software
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Intellectual Property: Cyberlaw & the Internet
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Intellectual Property: IT/Electronics
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Intellectual Property: Media, Entertainment, Sports
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Intellectual Property: Life Sciences/ Biotechnology
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Intellectual Property: Trademark/Trade Secrets Law
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Item is good for 140 routes, rollover orange dots above to see which ones! LAW 242 Corporations Law School Recommended for route(s): [ Litigation ] Business Law: Media, Entertainment, Sports Why it is relevant for ... [ Litigation ] as a Foundational Course : For any civil litigation practice, a basic understanding of business principles is key, as much of civil litigation involves corporations, whether it's two corporations litigating against each other, or a government agency or public interest organization suing a corporation for alleged wrongdoing. This course covers certain basic rules and legal principles regarding business enterprises, including the relations among managers, investors, and creditors. It assumes some background in quantitative methods. General course Description: This course is an introduction to the basic legal rules and principles governing the relations among managers, investors, and creditors in the business enterprise. The course is the foundation for advanced business courses. We focus on problems that arise because a firm's managers and owners have conflicting interests. We examine the costs associated with this conflict and how markets, legal rules and contracts might reduce them. Agency and partnership law are covered briefly, but we emphasize the financing, control, and conflicts of publicly held corporations. Special Instructions: Exposure to Quantitative Methods: Finance (Law 467) and Quantitative Methods: Statistical Inference (Law 468) will be helpful in this course and for a number of advanced courses in the law and business concentration and is strongly recommended. Course Style: A Substantive/Statutory course deals with law, theory, and policy in the context of a particular code or statutory scheme. Course Frequency: Offered twice a year |