Corporations:examples and explanations/ Alan R. Palmiter.
Physical description:
xxxiv, 780 p. ill. 25 cm.;
General notes:
Includes index.;
Edition:
6th ed.;
Author(s): PALMITER, Alan R.;
ISBN:
9780735578265 (pbk.;
Subjects: Corporation law --United States.;
Formatted contents notes:
The corporation : an overview -- Choice of organizational form -- Incorporation : how, where, and what -- Financial rights in corporation -- Federal regulation of securities offerings -- Shareholders' : role in corporate governance -- Voting structure -- Judicial protection of voting rights -- Federal regulation of proxy voting -- Proxy fraud -- Corporate fiduciary duties : an introduction -- Duty of care and the business judgment rule -- Duty of loyalty : self-dealing transactions -- Executive compensation -- Indemnification and insurance -- Corporate opportunities and unfair competition -- Duties of controlling shareholders -- Shareholder litigation -- Share transferability : an introduction -- Limitations on control sales -- Disclosure in securities trading markets -- Securities fraud : Rule 10b-5 -- Insider trading -- Section 16(b) : disgorgement of short-swing profits -- Control dilemma in close corporation -- Control devices in close corporation -- Dispute resolution in close corporations -- Rule of limited liability -- Liability during incorporation process -- Authority to bind the corporation -- Limitations on corporate distributions -- Piercing the corporate veil -- Statutory recognition of corporate form -- Takeovers : an introduction -- Internal fundamental changes -- Corporate combinations -- Appraisal remedy -- Federal regulation of tender offers -- Takeover defenses.;
Publisher:
New York : Aspen Publishers , c2009.;
Call number: 346.73'066 PAL;
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