Business Associations : Agency, Partnerships and Corporations

by Klein, William A.

• ISBN13: 9781566628907
• ISBN10: 1566628903
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-03-01
• Publisher: West Group

Table of Contents

Preface	iii
Editorial Note and Acknowledgment	v
Table of Cases	xix
Agents and Employees	1	(83)
An Introduction to the Organization of Business	1	(10)
Employee Versus Independent Contractor	11	(8)
Franchises	19	(7)
Control and the Liability of Creditors	26	(7)
Apparent Authority and Apparent Agency	33	(13)
Inherent Agency Power	46	(11)
Fiduciary Obligation	57	(27)
Partnerships	84	(120)
Partners Compared With Employees	84	(9)
Partners Compared With Lenders	93	(12)
Partnership by Estoppel	105	(3)
The Fiduciary Obligations of Partners	108	(31)
Partnership Property	139	(5)
Raising Additional Capital	144	(4)
The Rights of Partners In Management	148	(11)
Partners at Loggerheads: The Dissolution Solution	159	(42)
The Right to Dissolve	159	(11)
The Consequences of Dissolution	170	(12)
The Sharing of Losses	182	(3)
Buyout Agreements	185	(5)
Law Partnership Dissolutions	190	(11)
Limited Partnerships	201	(3)
The Nature of the Corporation	204	(94)
Promoters and the Corporate Entity	204	(7)
The Corporate Entity and Limited Liability	211	(30)
Shareholder Derivative Actions	241	(39)
Introduction	241	(9)
The Requirement of Demand on the Directors	250	(15)
The Role of Special Committees	265	(15)
The Role and Purposes of Corporations	280	(18)
The Duties of Officers, Directors, and Other Insiders	298	(221)
The Obligations of Control: Duty of Care	298	(53)
Duty of Loyalty	351	(39)
Directors and Managers	351	(10)
Corporate Opportunities	361	(11)
Dominant Shareholders	372	(10)
Ratification	382	(8)
Disclosure and Fairness	390	(67)
Definition of a Security	391	(7)
The Registration Process	398	(28)
Rule 10b-5	426	(31)
Inside Information	457	(34)
Short-Swing Profits	491	(14)
Indemnification and Insurance	505	(14)
Problems of Control	519	(182)
Proxy Fights	519	(54)
Strategic Use of Proxies	520	(3)
Reimbursement of Costs	523	(7)
Private Actions for Proxy-Rule Violations	530	(12)
Shareholder Proposals	542	(15)
Shareholder Inspection Rights	557	(16)
Shareholder Voting Control	573	(6)
Control in Closely Held Corporations	579	(33)
Abuse of Control	612	(36)
Control, Duration, and Statutory Dissolution	648	(27)
Transfer of Control	675	(26)
Mergers, Acquisitions, and Takeovers	701	(138)
Mergers and Acquisitions	701	(42)
The De Facto Merger Doctrine	701	(11)
Freeze-Out Mergers	712	(26)
De Facto Non-Merger	738	(5)
Takeovers	743	(96)
Introduction	743	(10)
Development	753	(63)
State and Federal Legislation	816	(23)
Corporate Debt	839	(40)
Introduction	839	(2)
Debtor's Sale of Substantially All Its Assets	841	(6)
Incurrence of Additional Debt	847	(15)
Exchange Offers	862	(8)
Redemption and Call Protection	870	(9)
Index	879