General Course Descriptions for Terms: business organizations: publicly-held

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741 - Business Organizations: Publicly-held Corporations (formerly Bus Orgs II)

Provides a survey and economic analysis of the legal rules applicable to large public corporations. Topics of coverage include the governance of a widely held corporation, shareholder voting, mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, fiduciary duties of corporate directors, corporations with a controlling shareholder, corporate social responsibility, insider trading and shareholder activism. The course is designed to be accessible to students without a business background and is strongly recommended for all law students who have an interest in business law.