Sobre o Evento
A FGV Direito Rio recebe o professor Randall Thomas, da Vanderbilt University Law School, que ministrará curso sobe U.S. Corporate Law.
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Abaixo, encontram-se informações sobre o Professor Randall Thomas e o curso que está sendo oferecido.
Biography
Randall Thomas has earned a reputation of being one of the most productive and thoughtful corporate and securities law scholars in the nation. His recent work addresses issues such as hedge fund shareholder activism, executive compensation, corporate voting, corporate litigation and the structure of firms. He joined the Vanderbilt law faculty in 2000 to develop and direct the Law & Business Program, having served previously in on the law faculties of the University of Iowa, the University of Michigan, Duke University, Boston University, and the University of Washington. Prior to teaching law, Professor Thomas was in private practice for four years, and clerked for U.S. District Judge Charles Joiner of the Eastern District of Michigan. An acclaimed teacher, Professor Thomas teaches courses in the area of corporate law, including corporations and securities regulation and directs the law school’s LL.M. program.
American Corporate Law
A study of the modern American business corporation, both publicly held and closely held enterprises, including the organization and financial structuring of corporations: the allocation of control among shareholders, directors, and officers; the responsibilities of management and controlling shareholders; and the issuance of corporate securities.
Syllabus
Text:Klein, Ramseyer and Bainbridge, Business Associations, Sixth Edition
TOPICS & ASSIGNMENT
I. The Nature of the Corporation: pp. 202-218
II. The Duties of Officers, Directors: pp. 328-412
III. Closely Held Corporations: pp. 599-650, 664-686
IV. Shareholder Voting: pp. 533-543, 571-585