Course Description

A series of relatively complicated fact situations are analyzed, with special emphasis on tax, corporation law, and securities regulation aspects. Drafting exercises and legal memoranda are required to be completed.

Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Graduate law students will not be doing any extra work beyond that required of the Juris Doctor students. J.D. students are post-baccalaureate students and the workload expected of them is the same workload expected of post-baccalaureate graduate students.

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Athena Title

Life Cycle of the Corporation

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Equivalent Courses

Not open to students with credit in JURI 5080E or JURI 7080E

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Semester Course Offered

Not offered on a regular basis.

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Grading System

A - F (Traditional)

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Course Objectives

The course objectives involve students learning fact patterns involving common business transactions and analyzing and resolving issues as attorneys in private practice.

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Topical Outline

(i) choice of entity and entity formation; (ii) stockholders' agreements; (iii) equity compensation arrangements; (iv) raising capital from private investors; (v) dispositions of business interests; and (vi) planning for an initial public offering of securities.

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