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Part 1. Fundamentals of all business organizations: What you need to know about agency
What you need to know about financial statements
What you need to know about your course title
Part 2. Partnerships: What you need to know about the legal attributes of a partnership
What you need to know about starting a partnership
What you need to know about operating a business as a partnership
What you need to know about a partnership's adding new partners
What you need to know about partners' making money
What you need to know about dissociation
What do you need to know about partnership dissolution?
Part 3. Corporations: What you need to know about the legal attributes of a corporation
What you need to know about starting a corporation
What you need to know about who is liable for a corporation's debts
What you need to know about a corporation's issuance of stock
What you need to know about the role of shareholders in running a corporation
What you need to know about the role of directors and officers in running a corporation
What you need to know about the legal obligations of directors to the corporation
What you need to know about the law of shareholder derivative actions
What you need to know about how insurance, indemnification, and the articles of incorporation protect a director from bearing the financial consequences of her breach of fiduciary duty
What you need to know about dividends and other distributions to shareholders
What you need to know about close corporations
What you need to know about federal securities laws for a basic business associations/organizations course
What you need to know about mergers and acquisitions for a basic business associations/organizations course
Part 4. Limited partnership: What you need to know about limited partnerships
Part 5. Limited liability companies: What you need to know about limited liability companies
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