Dec 05, 2025  
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LST 6311 - Business Associations


Credits: 3

Surveys business organizations and key laws that govern them. Students learn about partnerships; limited liability partnerships; corporations; limited liability corporations; and rules for the organization, internal governance, and financing of business entities. Topics include limited liability, fiduciary duties, shareholder voting, derivative suits, control transactions, mergers and acquisitions, public contests, trading, agency, bankruptcy, antitrust, and business taxation. Students also study public and private entities, including the allocation of control among shareholders, directors, and officers; the responsibilities of management; and the issuance of corporate securities. Restricted to students in the online master of legal studies degree plan, or departmental permission for students in other degree plans.



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