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Employment Law: General

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Employment Law
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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): [ Regulatory & Policy ] Employment Law: General Why it is relevant for ... [ Regulatory & Policy ] as a Foundational Course : For students interested in employment law, a basic understanding of business principles is key. Defense attorneys representing corporate clients should have some understanding of business management and business law. Plaintiffs' attorneys should have a basic understanding of how corporate entities in a large enterprise can be held responsible for plaintiffs' injuries and thus be required to pay damages. This course is useful for developing some understanding about corporate structure and corporate control issues. It covers certain basic rules and legal principles regarding business enterprises, including the relations among managers, investors, and creditors. 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 |