Corporations Assignment List

Class	Topic	Assignment
1	Intro; Agency	*Skim* Preface (xxix - xxxii), 3-6, 10-13, 15-17, 19-36, and 73-82; *read* Texoma Broadcasters.
2	Authority: Express, Implied, Apparent	Read 95-96 (not McDuffie); Mill St. Church of Christ v. Hogan; Blackburn (poor analysis) and Argabright (good analysis).
3	Apparent v. Inherent Authority	Read Interstate Electric; Boulos; Hoddeson (how, if at all, is this case distinguishable from Boulos?); and Watteau.
4	Formalities; Ratification; Undisclosed Agency	Read Tedesco; p. 100 (only section "e."); Restatement(3d) Agency §4.01 & cmt. d.; pp. 105-09 (Benjamin Plumbing) and Atlantic Salmon (how, if at all, are these two cases different?).
5	Torts by Actual & Apparent Agents	Read 100-105 (section "g.," but skip Fisher); Blanchard; Arceneaux; Independent Fire Insurance Co.; and Miller.
6	Agency Termination; Review	Read 110-11; work Agency Review Problems.
7	Review cont'd	Complete Agency Review Problems from last class.
8	Intro to Corps; Incorporation Process	Read 36-38, 115-26, and Corporate Formation Problem (for now, answer only the final question in the memo).
9	Incorporation cont'd	Read Delaware General Corporation Law §§ 101(a), 102(a)-(c), 103(a)(1), (b), (c)(1)-(3), 106-108; cf. 805 ILCS 5/1.10, 5/2.05 to 2.20, 5/4.05 and 4.10, and 5/5.05; complete Corporate Formation Problem.
10	Defective Incorporation & Corp. Lawyer Ethics	Read 126-43
11	Capital Structure	Read 151-76
12	Issuance	Read 176-98
13	Dividends & Stock Transfer Restrictions	Read 205-10; 227-46
14	Veil Piercing & Successor Liability	Read 275-84, Abraham, Giuffria, and Sparks,301-06
15	Board of Directors	Read 313-40 (skip the Morawetz Treatise excerpts)
16	Officers	Read 340-55 and work D & O Review Problems
17	Duty of Loyalty	Read 379-402
18	Duty of Care	Read 403-23 and Shlensky
19	Review of Board Action	Read 425-44
20	Safe Harbors & Indemnity	Read Disney pp. 1-25, 45-56, 60-72, 86-89; skim Stone pp. 3-8, 14-24; read Marciano; Chiappinelli book pp. 455-75; and DGCL §§ 144-145
21	Enron, Worldcom, & SOX	Read 491-527, 535-41
22	Shareholder Power	Read 543-75
23	Derivative Actions	Read 575-87 and Atkins
24	Derivative Actions cont'd	Work Derivative Litigation Problem
25	Minority Protection	Read 593-621; DGCL § 218; and Sinclair; skim 621-38 and MBCA § 14.30(2)
26	M&A; Dissenter's Rights	Read 642-49 (Hollinger) and 663-69 (c. Appraisal); *skim* 639-42, 651-62.
27-28	Review Problems	Work Corporations Review Problems