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Essential Law

3-0-6 units · Graduate

Provides a solid grounding in what managers, professionals, engineers, and scientists need to know about how law shapes opportunities and risks for the organizations and projects they manage and their own careers. Enhances leadership skills for navigating critical law-sensitive junctures encountered in young and mature companies. Explores the legal frameworks of cutting-edge digital technologies, effective use of IP, contracts and deals, litigation and liability, employment and changing jobs, regulation and criminal sanctions, and complex transactions. No prior knowledge of law expected. Meets with 15.6151 when offered concurrently. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking graduate version.

Spring 2003 · Law for the Entrepreneur and Manager

Topics

  • Introduction and Basics: The law of duties
  • Basics: The law of duties II
  • Basics: The hard edge of regulation
  • Basics: Contracts I
  • Basics: Contracts II
  • Leaving a Company I
  • Leaving a Company II
  • Forms of Doing Business
  • Setting up a New Company
  • Employment Law
  • Introduction to U.S. Patent Law
  • International IP
  • Venture Capital
  • Business Disputes and Litigation
  • Antitrust
  • Going Public
  • Operating as a Public Company
  • Current Issues in Corporate Governance
  • Bankruptcy and Reorganization I
  • Bankruptcy and Reorganization II
  • The Law of E-commerce
  • Selling a Business
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Going International and Wrap-up

Readings

  • Bagley Constance E., and Craig E. Dauchy, The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Business Law, 2007 (paperback) ISBN: 9780324204933.
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  • The following readings are required. Most readings are provided in the course-reader purchased by students in the beginning of the semester, or are in the required textbook (The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Business Law by Constance E. Bagley and Craig E. Dauchy, 2007).
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  • Bagley, Constance E., and Craig E. Dauchy. “Contracts and Leases.” Chap. 8 in Entrepreneur’s Guide to Business Law . 2003, pp. 176-191 (THEN SKIP “Electronic Contracts”); 193- 213 (BUT SKIP “Effects of Bankruptcy” at p.205 and THEN SKIP “Leases” at p. 213 and all following material)
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  • Bagley, Constance E., and Craig E. Dauchy. “Deciding Whether to Incorporate.” Chap. 4 in Entrepreneur’s Guide to Business Law . 2003.
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  • Bagley, Constance E., and Craig E. Dauchy. “Structuring the Ownership.” Chap. 5 in Entrepreneur’s Guide to Business Law . 2003.
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  • Bagley, Constance E., and Craig E. Dauchy. “Prior to Final.” Chap. 14 in Entrepreneur’s Guide to Business Law . 2003.
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  • Bagley, Constance E., and Craig E. Dauchy. “Marshalling Human Resources.” Chap. 10 in Entrepreneur’s Guide to Business Law . 2003.
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  • Bagley, Constance E., and Craig E. Dauchy. “Venture Capital.” Chap. 13 in Entrepreneur’s Guide to Business Law . 2003.
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  • Bagley, Constance E., and Craig E. Dauchy. “Raising Money and Securities Regulation.” Chap. 7 in Entrepreneur’s Guide to Business Law . 2003.
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  • Before the Final: Bagley, Constance E., and Craig E. Dauchy. “Going Public.” Chap. 17 in Entrepreneur’s Guide to Business Law . 2003.
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  • Bagley, Constance E., and Craig E. Dauchy. “Creditors’ Rights and Bankruptcy.” Chap. 12 in Entrepreneur’s Guide to Business Law . 2003.
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Prerequisites & course information

Prereq: None G (Spring) 3-0-6 units

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