Law of Business Organizations

Course Code

BL 517

Hours

2.25 hours

Type

Elective

Offered

Prerequisites

[Graduate Standing excluding OMBA and (JD, MACL, LLM, or SJD)] and (no credit in BL 506 or 516 or WMBA 631)

Law of Business Organizations --- This course provides an introduction to the legal framework in which managers operate a business enterprise. It examines various business relationships and organizations including: - Agency relationships - Partnerships - Limited liability companies - Corporations - Duties of senior management - Rights of shareholders - Rights and duties in the context of transactions for corporate control - Insider trading Because the course focuses on the legal environment in which management decisions are made, legal cases are used in class discussion. .

BL 517 fulfills the MBA Law/Ethics Requirement. Prior to the Fall 2014 term, this course was called LHC 517.

Cindy Schipani

Merwin H. Waterman Collegiate Professor of Business Administration

Professor of Business Law

Cindy A. Schipani is the Merwin H. Waterman Collegiate Professor of Business Administration and Professor of Business Law at the University of...