Partnership formation -- Partnerships vs. joint ventures -- Partners' fiduciary duties -- Partners' authority -- Partnership dissolution -- Contracting to prevent opportunistic withdrawal -- Limited partnerships -- Family limited partnerships -- Limited liability companies -- Limited liability partnerships -- Choice of corporate entity and formation -- Ultra vires acts -- Liability on preincorporation contracts -- Defective corporate existence -- Piercing the corporate veil -- Corporate finance -- Shareholder governance -- Governance : the board of directors -- Officers and agents -- Duty of care -- Business judgment rule -- Duty of loyalty -- Insider trading -- Responsibilities of controlling shareholders -- Closely-held corporations -- Share transfer restrictions (buy-sell agreements) & comprehensive shareholder agreements -- Protecting directors -- Shareholder litigation -- Mergers and acquisitions.