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This innovative casebook offers: - clear descriptions of the development and current state of the law- recent cases with compelling facts, such as Holmes v. Lerner (partnership formation of Urban Decay Cosmetics by the founder of Cisco Systems and her horse trainer), Leslie v. Boston Software Collaborative, Inc. (minority oppression of a gun-carrying shareholder), and Adlerstein v. Wertheimer (attempt to wrench control of SpectruMedix Corporation from the mad scientist founder)- important new classics that every student should know, including Benchmark Capital Partners IV, L.P. v. Vague (doctrine of independent legal significance in venture capital context), In re Enron Corp. Securities, Derivative & ERISA Litig. (attorney responsibility for corporate misdeeds), In re The Walt Disney Company Derivative Litigation (executive compensation), and Omnicare, Inc. v. NCS Healthcare, Inc. (fiduciary duties in hostile takeovers)- short problems and longer business school-style case studies based on actual situations faced by identified companies, exposing students to the realities of business law- short, realistic problems following selected topics that target issues not explored by the cases and give students ample opportunity to apply the legal principles being studied- detailed excerpts from transactional and litigation documents: Krispy Kreme Doughnuts (franchise relationships and agency law), Mall of America Associates (general partnerships), Frode Jensen and Pillsbury Winthrop (limited liability partnerships), NeoClone Biotechnology (limited liability companies), Red Hat (control of the closely held firm), Kmart Corporation (federal proxy regulation), Enron (federalsecurities law and corporate governance), Salomon Brothers (directors' duty of care), Tyco (litigation to enforce fiduciary duties), and Daimler-Chrysler (friendly mergers)

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