Joseph Isenbergh : Courses and Seminars
Business Associations I
LAWS 42303
Business Associations I is the first in a two-quarter sequence of courses on the law governing modern business firms. The main focus is on corporations but some attention is paid, less systematically, to partnerships and limited liability associations such as LLCs.
The first quarter covers the life cycle of business associations, from formation through operations and dissolution, with particular concern for the obligations of managers and the rights and interests of owners and other stakeholders.
Business Associations I is not open to students who have taken, or are currently taking, the Corporation Law course or the Business Organizations course.
The student's grade will be based on a proctored final examination.
Autumn 2011
Joseph Isenbergh
Business Associations II
LAWS 42304
Business Associations II is the second in a two-quarter sequence of courses on the law governing modern business firms. The main focus is on corporations but some attention is paid, less systematically, to partnerships and limited liability associations such as LLCs.
The second quarter is concerned mainly with situations in which control of a firm comes into play: these include mergers and acquisitions along with other situations where control is transferred, abused, or substantially redistributed.
The student's grade will be based on a proctored final examination.
It is recommended, but not strictly required, to take Business Associations I before taking Business Associations II. This course, like Business Associations I, is not open to students who have taken, or are currently taking, the basic Corporation Law course, Business Organizations or Advanced Corporations: Mergers and Acquisitions.
Winter 2012
Joseph Isenbergh
Taxation of Corporations I
LAWS 75801
This course examines income tax aspects of the formations, distributions, and liquidations of corporations. The focus is on transactional and planning aspects of the corporate tax.
Introductory Income Taxation is recommended.
The student's grade is based on a final examination.
Winter 2012
Joseph Isenbergh
Taxation of Corporations II
LAWS 75901
This course surveys the taxation of reorganizations and other adjustments involving continuing businesses: mergers, asset and stock acquisitions and other similar shifts of ownership and control; recapitalizations; and divisions. Points of focus are the recognition of gain and loss and the survival and allocation of tax attributes (basis, earnings, and loss carryovers) in these transactions.
Taxation of Corporations I and Introductory Income Taxation are recommended.
Students' grades based on a final proctored examination.
Spring 2012
Joseph Isenbergh
