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BLAW 6158 is also offered in Spring 2024
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BLAW 6158 is also offered in Spring 2022
Spring 2018 | BLAW 6158 Section 060: The study of laws affecting private business and publicly-traded companies. (65703)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 2 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
Second Half of Term
UMTC, West Bank
Hanson Hall 1-108
- Enrollment Status:
Open (37 of 48 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course highlights topics that are important to any business manager, with particular emphasis on areas of interest for those aspiring to high level executive/management positions with publicly-traded companies. General topics include: contracts, real estate law, the law of agency, employment law, certain discrimination laws (including Minnesota's fairly recent protections for women in the workplace), and forms of business entity. Public company subjects include: pros and cons of going public, the IPO process, federal securities laws and SEC regulations regarding public company reporting requirements, insider trading, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and its impact on corporate governance, trends in shareholder democracy rights and shareholder activism, and the role of boards and audit committees. Throughout the course, we will examine the impact of the Supreme Court on American business. prereq: MBA student
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?BLAW6158+spring2018
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65703/1183
ClassInfo Links - Spring 2018 Business Law Classes