TY - BOOK AU - Palmiter,Alan R. TI - Corporations: examples and explanations T2 - The examples & explanations series SN - 9780735578265 (pbk.) AV - KF1414.85 .P35 2009 U1 - 346.73/066 22 PY - 2009/// CY - New York PB - Aspen Publishers KW - Corporation law KW - United States KW - Problems, exercises, etc N1 - Includes index; 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 ER -