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Corporations and Other Business Associations: Cases and Materials » (4th Edition)

Book cover image of Corporations and Other Business Associations: Cases and Materials by Charles R. O'Kelley

Authors: Charles R. O'Kelley, Robert B. Thompson, Robert B. Thompson
ISBN-13: 9780735529243, ISBN-10: 0735529248
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Law & Business
Date Published: April 2003
Edition: 4th Edition

Author Biography: Charles R. O'Kelley

Book Synopsis

• Economic and Legal Aspects of the Firm
• Partnerships and Limited Liability Companies
• Corporate Form and the Specialized Role of Shareholders
• Fiduciary Duty, Shareholder Litigation, and the Business Judgment Rule
• Protecting Shareholders' Expectations in Closely Held Corporations
• The Corporation as a Device to Allocate Risk
• Mergers and Other 'Friendly' Control Transactions
• Changes in Control: Hostile Acquisitions
• Federal Law Affecting Corporate Transactions
• Federal Regulation of Tender Offers
• Insider Trading

	Preface
	Acknowledgments
1	Economic and Legal Aspects of the Firm	1
2	Partnerships and Limited Liability Companies	47
3	The Corporate Form and the Specialized Roles of Shareholders, Directors, and Officers	135
4	Fiduciary Duty, Shareholder Litigation, and the Business Judgment Rule	221
5	Protecting Participants' Expectations in a Closely Held Business	381
6	The Corporation as a Device to Allocate Risk	487
7	Mergers and Other "Friendly" Control Transactions	579
8	Changes in Control: Hostile Acquisitions	705
9	Disclosure and Corporate Governance	821
10	Federal Regulation of Tender Offers	937
11	Insider Trading	983
	Table of Cases	1053
	Index	1063