Closely Held Business Organizations


Book Description

This is still the most comprehensive business organizations casebook to focus on closely held business. The book offers more coverage on LLCs than any other business organizations book, and the principal change in the new edition focuses on the most recent uniform LLC Act (as well as Delaware law). Everything else has been brought up to date, including material on the Model Business Corporation Act (which now speaks as of December 2010), Delaware law (which includes corporations, limited partnerships, and limited liability companies), and federal securities law (included in the public corporation supplement).




Cases and Materials on Trade Secret Law


Book Description

This, the first casebook in the United States devoted exclusively to trade secret law, is challenging yet user-friendly to students. In order to facilitate understanding of the material, the book is designed to be used by law and business students with no prior background in intellectual property law. Throughout, the authors have made conscious and thoughtful decisions about the way in which the information is presented and organized. The general organization follows a logical analytical approach to understanding trade secret law, with the chapters progressing from proving the essential elements of a trade secret claim to defensive tactics and remedies, managing trade secrets, and criminal actions. It also addresses employment, management, and international issues.




Entertainment Law


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Hardbound - New, hardbound print book.




Corporations and Other Business Associations


Book Description

An edited compilation of statutes, rules, and forms for use in the typical Corporations or Business Associations class, current through the Spring of 2023, including appropriate selections from: Model Business Corporation Act (with Comments) Delaware General Corporation Law California Corporations Code New York Business Corporation Law Derivative Complaint -Walt Disney Litigation Securities Act of 1933 and Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (including Rules and Forms) New York Stock Exchange Listing Standards Uniform Partnership Acts of 1914 and 1997 Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act Delaware Limited Liability Company Act Uniform Limited Liability Company Act (2006) Restatement (Third) of Agency




The Law of Business Organizations


Book Description

As a part of our CasebookPlus offering, you'll receive the print book along with lifetime digital access to the eBook. Additionally you'll receive the Learning Library which includes quizzes tied specifically to your book, and outline starter and digital access to leading study aids in that subject and the Gilbert Law Dictionary. This title covers the law of business associations for introductory courses. It discusses business organizations, including agency, general partnerships, closely held corporations, publicly held corporations, limited partnerships, limited liability partnerships, and limited liability companies. The material on the unincorporated business forms has been revised, updated, and expanded to reflect the centrality of these forms of business organization in modern law practice and in the economy generally. Among other state and model statutes, the Revised Uniform LLC Act (2006), the Revised Uniform Partnership Act (1997), the Uniform Limited Partnership Act (2001), and the Third Restatement of Agency (2006) are discussed and cited.




International Arbitration


Book Description

This important casebook is based upon one of the leading books in the field Born's treatise, International Commercial Arbitration. It offers a comprehensive approach to international commercial arbitration (focused on the New York Convention and UNCITRAL Model Law), while providing comparative examples drawn from state-to-state and investment arbitration. An easy-to-use chronological structure follows the course of an international arbitration. Features: Thoroughly revised to reflect amendments to UNCITRAL Rules, ICC Rules and other institutional arbitration rules New sections addressing IBA Guidelines on Party Representation in International Arbitration Revised to reflect amendments to representative national arbitration legislation in France, Singapore and elsewhere Streamlined excerpts of cases and awards; added excerpts of new arbitral awards on selected topics.




Disability Rights Law


Book Description

This casebook is designed to enable students to grapple with the conceptual issues in the area of disability rights law. It covers all of the major issues in disability rights law.




International Business Transactions


Book Description

The authors of International Business Transactions: Problems, Cases, And Materials have compiled multi-lateral agreements, model codes, and U.S. statutory law in a Documents Supplement that supports and enriches the study of this dynamic field of law. The supplement features multilateral agreements from various United Nations Conventions, the International Chamber of Commerce, the World Trade Organization, and other leading international organizations. Selected provisions from the Uniform Commercial Code and various international treaties are included, along with guidelines for multinational business enterprises for organizations such as the World Bank and the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD). New to the Fourth Edition: TThe 2017 amended version of the World Trade Organization Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs) (1995) Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2012 on Jurisdiction and the Recognition and Enforcement of Judgements in Civil and Commercial Matters (Recast) (Recast Regulation) The 2018 revised versions of: Alien Tort Claims Act (Alien Tort Statute) (ACTA, ATS) Carriage of Goods by Sea Act (COGSA), 46 U.S.C.A. ยง 30701 hist. n. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA): Anti-Bribery and Books & Records Provisions (Selected Provisions) The 2011 revised version of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises




Law in the United States


Book Description

The third edition of Law in the United States introduces students to the unique American mix of common law, statutory materials, and constitutional law. Strongly emphasizing American legal methods and American legal history and culture, the book provides a rich array of teaching resources covering both public and private law. The broader themes discussed in the eighteen chapters of this casebook include the nature and sources of American law, the division of government power and the protection of human rights under the U.S. Constitution, litigation in a federal framework, and the American enterprise system, with a focus on torts, contracts, corporations and eminent domain. This book lends itself to being used for various target audiences. Over the years, it has proven a valuable learning resource for foreign-trained attorneys enrolled in American Master of Laws programs. Moreover, the range of subjects discussed in the book will assist students who may wish to sit for a state bar examination in a state with specific requirements for study of American legal methods. The book is also highly suitable for pre-law programs at the college level as well as law school seminars. Also, comparativists with an interest in American law may find this casebook a valuable resource in light of the rich commentaries it offers through expositions and notes.




Contracts


Book Description

CasebookPlus Hardbound - New, hardbound print book includes lifetime digital access to an eBook, with the ability to highlight and take notes, and 12-month access to a digital Learning Library that includes self-assessment quizzes tied to this book, leading study aids, an outline starter, and Gilbert Law Dictionary.