Corporations: Examples and Explanations

PART ONE: Introduction to Corporate Law

• The Corporation -- An Overview
• Choice of Organizational Form

PART TWO: Formation of the Corporation

• Incorporation -- How, Where, and What
• Financial Rights in Corporation
• Federal Regulation of Securities Offerings

PART THREE: Shareholder Voting Rights

• Shareholders Role in Corporate Governance
• Voting Structure
• Judicial Protection of Voting Rights
• Federal Regulation of Proxy Voting
• Proxy Fraud

PART FOUR: Corporate Fiduciary Duties

• Fiduciary Duties -- An Interpretation
• Duty of Care and the Business Judgment Rule
• Duty of Loyalty -- Self-Dealing Transactions
• Executive Compensation
• Indemnification and Insurance
• Corporate Opportunities and Unfair Competition
• Duties of Controlling Shareholders
• Shareholder Litigation

PART FIVE: Shareholder Liquidity Rights

• Share Transferability -- An Introduction
• Limitations on Control Sales
• Disclosure in Securities Trading Markets
• Securities Fraud -- Rule 10b-5
• Insider Trading
• 16(b) -- Disgorgement of Short-Swing Profits

PART SIX: Closely Held Corporations

• Control Dilemma in Close Corporation
• Control Devices in Close Corporation
• Dispute Resolution in Close Corporations

PART SEVEN: Protection of Corporate Creditors

• Rule of Limited Liability
• Liability During Incorporation Process
• Corporate Liability -- Authority to Bind the Corporation
• Limitations on Corporate Distributions
• Piercing the Corporate Veil
• Statutory Recognition of Corporate Form

PART EIGHT: Fundamental Corporate Changes

• Takeovers -- an Introduction
• Internal Fundamental Changes
• Corporate Combinations
• Appraisal Remedy
• Federal Regulation of Tender Offers
• Takeover Defenses