Business Law - Legal Aspects of Business Orgs

Catalog description

This course focuses on a selection of legal topics and their importance to those serving as public and private accountants, corporate officers, directors, and other business decision-makers. Topics include agency law; formation/termination, management/financial structure, and other legal implications of different legal forms of business (such as partnerships, corporations, LLCs); rights and liabilities of individuals operating within these organizations; professional liability, securities regulation, and debtor-creditor rights, security interests and UCC sales. This course is not a CPA review course and does not cover all of the topics tested on the CPA exam. Rather, decision-making from a legal perspective within a professional environment is the primary focus of the course. Enrollment restricted.