PART ONE: Introduction to Corporate Law 1
Chapter 1: The Corporation—An Overview 3
Chapter 2: Choice of Organizational Form 19
PART TWO: Formation of the Corporation 33
Chapter 3: Incorporation—How,Where,and What 35
Chapter 4: Financial Rights in Corporation 53
Chapter 5: Federal Regulation of Securities Offerings 75
PART THREE: Shareholder Voting Rights 99
Chapter 6: Shareholders Role in Corporate Governance 101
Chapter 7: Voting Structure 109
Chapter 8: Judicial Protection of Voting Rights 131
Chapter 9: Federal Regulation of Proxy Voting 145
Chapter 10: Proxy Fraud 169
PART FOUR: Corporate Fiduciary Duties 183
Chapter 11: Fiduciary Duties—An Introduction 185
Chapter 12: Duty of Care and the Business Judgment Rule 195
Chapter 13: Duty of Loyalty—Self-Dealing Transactions 223
Chapter 14: Executive Compensation 241
Chapter 15: Indemnification and Insurance 251
Chapter 16: Corporate Opportunities and Unfair Competition 265
Chapter 17: Duties of Controlling Shareholders 279
Chapter 18: Shareholder Litigation 297
PART FIVE: Shareholder Liquidity Rights 331
Chapter 19: Share Transferability—An Introduction 333
Chapter 20: Limitations on Control Sales 341
Chapter 21: Disclosure in Securities Trading Markets 351
Chapter 22: Securities Fraud—Rule 10b-5 357
Chapter 23: Insider Trading 381
Chapter 24: 16(b)—Disgorgement of Short-Swing Profits 411
PART SIX: Closely Held Corporation 425
Chapter 25: Control Dilemma in Close Corporation 427
Chapter 26: Control Devices in Close Corporation 433
Chapter 27: Dispute Resolution in Close Corporations 463
PART SEVEN: Protection of Corporate Creditors 479
Chapter 28: Rule of Limited Liability 481
Chapter 29: Liability During Incorporation Process 487
Chapter 30: Corporate Liability—Authority to Bind the Corporation 505
Chapter 31: Limitations on Corporate Distributions 519
Chapter 32: Piercing the Corporate Veil 539
Chapter 33: Statutory Recognition of Corporate Form 557
PART EIGHT: Fundamental Corporate Changes 565
Chapter 34: Takeovers—An Introduction 567
Chapter 35: Internal Fundamental Changes 581
Chapter 36: Corporate Combinations 589
Chapter 37: Appraisal Remedy 609
Chapter 38: Federal Regulation of Tender Offers 623
Chapter 39: Takeover Defenses 637
Table of Cases 661
Index 667